Assessment

Formative assessment

Each unit of the module includes student handouts and exercises that can be used for formative assessments. In addition, each unit includes a set of short answer questions that can be given to students as homework, on quizzes, or on exams.

Summative assessment

The overarching Module Goals are:

1. Students will explore how density variations in the subsurface allow the imaging of buried structures.
2. Students will interpret magnetic data to detect hazards and infrastructure.
3. Students will apply gravity and magnetics principles to interpret real-world data sets.

Summative assessment of these goals can be achieved via the short answer questions embedded within each unit. Alternatively, student performance on the case study exercises in Unit 3 can be considered a summative assessment for the module.