Chronicle: Grades and Tests May Miss Measuring What Matters Most in Learning....

Posted Thu, 11/15/2012 - 2:58pm by eileen

Interesting article from November 15 Teaching column: Grades and Tests May Miss Measuring What Matters Most in Learning, by Dan Barrett, as described by data on "deep learning" opportunities by the National Survey of Student Engagement. 

 

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"College students should be having experiences that call upon them to use more higher-order thinking, regardless of whether or not it connects to given tests. Students should have to do more analysis and synthesis than memorization."