Novel Assessments: Detecting Success in Student Learning
Kathy S. Williams, Diane Ebert-May, Doug Luckie, Janet Hodder, Suzanne Koptur October 2004 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment v2 n8 p444-445
This journal article from Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment illustrates how multiple methods can be used to assess student understanding. The authors describe four assessment techniques, including a knowledge probe, paired questions, concept mapping and experimental problems, and suggest that these methods will engage students in diverse ways to demonstrate their understanding.
