Assessment and Grading
• Basics of assessment, guide prepared for UB's Curriculum Committee
• Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs), a collection of activities from the book
Classroom Assessment Techniques: A handbook for college teachers (2d ed), by
Thomas A. Angelo & Patricia A. Cross (1993)
• Course design for busy academics: Using learning outcomes to design a course and
assess learning, from the Generic Centre's Learning and Teaching Support
Network
• Curriculum Alignment around Learning Outcomes and Assessment, presentation by
Alexei G. Matveev (2008), from Norfolk State University, workshop delivered at
Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, October 16-17, 2008
• Curriculum Map Example, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment,
University of West Florida
• Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College, Barbara Walvoord
and Virginia Johnson Anderson, Jossey-Bass
• Methods of assessment, prepared by UB's Office of Educational Innovation &
Assessment
• Performance Assessment, narrated Prezi presentation created for CEP 510:
Psychometric Theory in Education
• Program Assessment: Using Embedded Course Assignments as Assessment Data,
video featuring UB faculty, produce by the Office of University Assessment and
Accreditation and the Office of Educational Innovation & Assessment
• Rubrics, from Carnegie Mellon, and a template in Word format, from San Diego State
University
• Test Construction, narrated Prezi presentation created for CEP 510: Psychometric
Theory in Education
• Writing learning outcomes (including Bloom's Taxonomy and suggested verbs), and a
video, prepared by UB's Office of Educational Innovation & Assessment
Classroom Challenges
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UB Accessibility Resources page for faculty
Suggestions for Creating an Accessible Classroom, University of Texas at
Austin
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Encouraging Civil Behavior in Large Classes, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, in
Essays on Teaching Excellence: Toward the Best in the Academy, publication of
the Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education,
Vol. 15, No. 8, 2003-2004
Multicultural Teaching, from University of Michigan Center for Research
on Learning and Teaching
Problems Associated with Evaluating Student Performance in Groups,
Paul E. King and Ralph R. Behnke, College Teaching, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Spring,
2005), pp. 57-61
Six ways to make lectures in a large enrollment course more manageable
and effective, University of California at Berkeley
Guide to Mental Health Issues on Campus, from University of Oregon's
University Counseling and Testing Center
How Students Use Technology to Cheat, by Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, March 25,
2011
Clickers
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UBclicks Help Site
UBclicks resource guide
7 Things You Should Know About...Clickers, from EDUCAUSE Learning
Initiative
Teaching with Classroom Response Systems, from Vanderbilt University's
Center for Teaching
Methods of Teaching and Learning
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Bloom's Updated Taxonomy, Action Words to Inform the Creation of
Learning Outcomes and Instructional Design, Richard Overbaugh and Lynn
Schulz, Old Dominion University
Bloom's Digital Taxonomy, an update of the taxonomy to include
cognitive skills as they relate to skillful use of new technologies by Andrew
Churches
Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, Arthur
W. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson, AAHE Bulletin, March 1987
Overview of various approaches to teaching: notes, presentation,
prepared by UB's Office of Educational Innovation & Assessment
Active Learning Handbook, from Webster University (includes variety of
activities with clear instructions in appendix)
Case-based learning, presentation by Kevin Oliver (1999), North Carolina
State University
Cooperative learning, presentation by Kevin Oliver (1999), North
Carolina State University
CORE model: Connect, Organize, Reflect, Extend; prepared by UB's
Office of Educational Innovation & Assessment
Educational Psychology, J. Ronald Gentile and James Lalley, Kendall
Hunt Publishing
Mastery-based learning: presentation, handout, and research brief;
prepared by UB's Office of Educational Innovation & Assessment
Outcomes-based education, by SPT Malan (2000), Journal of Family
Ecology and Consumer Sciences, Vol. 28, pp. 22-28
Problem-based learning, from Northern Illinois University's Faculty
Development and Instructional Design Center
Service learning American University's faculty guide to service learning
Service-Learning Faculty Resources:
http://www.compact.org/resources-for-faculty/
Online Learning
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e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven guidelines for
consumers and designers of multimedia learning (3d ed, 2011), by Ruth Colvin
Clark and Richard E. Mayer, San Francisco: Pfeiffer
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A MetaAnalysis and Review of Online Learning Studies (US Department of Education)
Online learning resources, complied by the UB Online Learning
Collaborative (OLC), Shared Faculty Resources Initiative (SaFaRi) subcommittee
Teaching and Learning Online: Tools, Templates, and Training, by Bob
Hoffman & Donn Ritchie. In SITE 98: Society for Information Technology &
Teacher Education International Conference (9th, Washington,DC, March 10-14,
1998), Proceedings.
UB-specific Information and Policies
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Academic integrity policies & procedure
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Office of Accessibility Resources
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Course syllabus
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Grading policies: Undergraduate Catalog
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Grading policies: Graduate School
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UBlearns (Blackboard), UB's online course management system
• SafeAssign, anti-plagiarism tool in UBlearns
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