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Teaching and Learning in Religion and Theology

•	Grading

•	Course Design

•	Religion and Academia

•	Teaching Religion

•	Adult Learners

•	"Teaching Theology and Religion" (Wabash journal)

Changing the Way We Grade Student Performance: Classroom Assessment and the New Learning Paradigm
Anderson, Rebecca S. and Bruce W. Speck, editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1998
From the Publisher
Assigning grades to student work raises many dilemmas for college and university teachers. This volume helps teachers deal with these dilemmas by providing rubrics to be used as guides for scoring various kinds of student performance. The authors offer a range of alternative approaches to assessing student performance that are rooted in the belief that students should be active rather than passive learners.They draw on their...

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Classroom Assessment and Research: An Update on Uses, Approaches and Research Findings
Angelo, Thomas A., editor
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1998
From the Publisher
Classroom research has evolved considerably in the past few years. This sourcebook explores how classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are now being used to build student learning skills, and examines current research on how classroom assessment has changed both teaching and learning. It also introduces new uses for CATs to promote effective student teamwork, help institutions answer the call for more accountability, and guide...

•	Grading

Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers, 2nd ed.
Angelo, Thomas A. and K. Patricia Cross
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1993
From the Publisher
This revised and greatly expanded edition of the 1988 handbook offers teachers at all levels of experience detailed, how-to advice on classroom assessment from what it is and how it works to planning, implementing, and analyzing assessment projects. The authors illustrate their approach through twelve case studies that detail the real-life classroom experiences of teachers carrying out successful classroom assessment projects.

•	Grading

Assessment in Practice: Putting Principles to Work on College Campuses
Banta, Trudy W., Jon P. Lund, Karen E. Black, and Frances W. Oblander
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1996
From the Publisher
Good practice in assessment is taking place on hundreds of campuses across the country, yet much of this work goes unreported. Now, Assessment in Practice brings together in one volume the best current knowledge of assessment methods that work and principles that should be incorporated into all effective assessment efforts - whether at institutional, program, or departmental levels.

Drawing from 165 actual cases-and...

•	Assessment of Teaching

•	Grading

Embracing Contraries: Explorations in Learning and Teaching
Elbow, Peter
Oxford University Press, New York, NY
1986
From the Publisher
Peter Elbow's widely acclaimed and original theories on the writing process, set forth in Writing Without Teachers and Writing With Power, have earned him a reputation as a leading educational innovator. Now Elbow has drawn together twelve of his essays on the nature of learning and teaching to suggest a comprehensive philosophy of education. At once theoretical and down-to-earth, this collection will appeal not only to teachers,...

•	Method and Theory

•	Grading

•	Assessment of Teaching

Planning and Implementing Assessment
Freeman, Richard, and Roger Lewis
Kogan Page, London
1998
From the Publisher
The authors provide a set of timeless principles and analytical methods that can be adapted to a variety of assessment scenarios, and which individual teachers can use to construct their own effective methods for assessment. They provide college, university teachers, and faculty development staff with clear guidelines for design, and methods of planning, choosing and implementing assessment.

•	Grading

Student Assessment in Higher Education: A Handbook for Assessing Performance
Miller, Allen H., Bradford W. Imrie, Kevin Cox
Kogan Page, London
1999
From the Publisher
This comprehensive overview of higher educational assessment features a guide to setting, marking and reviewing the coursework, assignments, tests and examinations used in higher education. In addition, the authors examine the various programs for certificates, diplomas, first degrees as well as higher degrees. The strong influence that assessment has on the way students approach their learning is also discussed.

Truly...

•	Grading

Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty
Millis, Barbara J. and Philip G. Cottell, Jr.
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ
1998
From the Publisher
This definitive "how-to" book on cooperative learning at the postsecondary level is designed to serve as a vital resource for faculty who use a collaborative approach to education. It offers an overview of the cooperative learning process, including its rationale, research base, value, and practical implementation. The authors also describe a variety of approaches to cooperative learning drawn from complementary movements such...

•	Grading

•	Collaborative Learning

•	Faculty Development

Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education
Palomba, Catherine A. and Trudy W. Banta
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1999
From the Publisher
Assessment Clear and Simple is "Assessment 101" in a book -- a concise, step-by-step guide written for everyone who participates in the assessment process. This practical book helps to make assessment simple, cost-efficient, and useful to the institution, while at the same time meeting the requirements of accreditation agencies, legislatures, review boards, and others. Assessment Clear and Simple can help your institution employ...

•	Grading

Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment
Walvoord, Barbara E. and Virginia Johnson Anderson
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1998
From the Publisher
The grading process can yield rich information about student learning. Effective Grading enables faculty to go beyond using grades as isolated artifacts and helps them make classroom grading processes more fair, time-efficient, and conducive to learning. Classroom assessment of student learning can then contribute to departmental and general-education assessment in ways that meet the needs of institutions and accrediting agencies....

•	Grading

Student Self-Evaluation: Fostering Reflective Learning
MacGregor, Jean, editor
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1993
From the Publisher
For several decades, college teachers have been asking students to engage in self-evaluation, to reflect on their academic work and describe and evaluate it in writing. Student self-evaluation is both a process--consisting of acts of reflecting, composing, and writing--and a product, a writtten document. Student self-evaluation does not obviate the need for student exams and papers, crucial indicators of student mastery of material...

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Writing to Learn: Strategies for Assigning and Responding to Writing Across the Disciplines
Sorcinelli, Mary Deane and Peter Elbow
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1997
From the Publisher
This volume provides instructors who teach writing with an array of strategies and philosophies about the way writing is learned, both in the context of a discipline and as an independent skill. Focusing primarily on the best ways to give feedback about written work, the authors describe a host of alternatives that have a solid foundation in research. This is the 69th issue of the journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning.

•	Teaching Writing

•	Grading

"Dominance Concealed through Diversity: Implications of Inadequate Perspectives on Cultural Pluralism"
Boyd, Dwight
Harvard Educational Review 66, no. 3 (1996): 609-630
1996

•	Diversity

•	Grading

"Responding to Student Writing"
MacAllister, Joyce
in Teaching Writing in All Disciplines (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,1982), 59-65
1982

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"Minimal Marking"
Haswell, Richard H.
College English 45, no. 6 (1983): 600-604
1983

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"Students React to Portfolio Assessment"
Dutt-Doner, Karen, and David Alan Gilman
Contemporary Education 69, no. 3 (1998): 159-165
1998

•	Grading

"Unveiling Some of the Mystery of Professional Judgment in Classroom Assessment"
Speck, Bruce W.
in Classroom Assessment and the New Learning Paradigm (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998), 17-31
1998

•	Grading

Grading Students' Classroom Writing: Issues and Strategies
Speck, Bruce W.
ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report 27, no. 3, George Washington Univ. Press, Washington, DC
2000
From the Publisher
This report explores the connection between the process of writing and the process of grading. It also explains how to construct effective writing assignments, resolve issues of fairness and professional judgment, include students in the process of assessment, and provide effective feedback to students as they revise their writing. Speck synthesizes the best practices in teaching and learning to help faculty and part-time instructors...

•	Grading

Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources

Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA
2003
From the Publisher
The explanations and examples in the handbook and website are intended to help each institution to develop goals and to select the best methods. They do not increase or modify accreditation standards.

The handbook addresses the needs of everyone interested in, or practicing, higher education assessment. Each chapter focuses on a separate aspect of the assessment process, so the chapters can be used individually and...

•	Grading

"Test Feedback Class Sessions: Creating a Positive Learning Experience"
Kher, Neelam, Gayle Juneau and Susan Molstad
College Teaching 50, no. 4 (2002): 148-150
2002

•	Grading

"Negotiating the Margins: Some Principles for Responding to Our Students' Writing, Some Strategies for Helping Students Read Our Comments"
Hodges, Elizabeth
in Writing to Learn: Strategies for Assigning and Responding to Writing Across the Disciplines (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997), 77-89
1997

•	Grading

•	Teaching Writing

500 Tips on Assessment
Brown, Sally, Phil Race and Brenda Smith
Kogan Smith, London
1996
From the Publisher
In the highly successful '500 Tips' format, the authors look at the questions and problems that teachers face and provide them with practical guidance. Their advice is down-to-earth, jargon free and digestible, covering such key issues as developing strategies and structures; assessment quality control; traditional exams, vivas, multiple choice questions; assessing independent learning; self, peer and group assessment; and assessing...

•	Grading

Assessment: Case Studies, Experience, and Practice from Higher Education
Schwartz, Peter and Graham Webb
Kogan Page, London
2002
From the Publisher
Assessment is central to the work of all education professionals in higher education, and is recognized as the main driver of learning for most students. Offering a compelling series of case studies, this book brings together a variety of assessment techniques. By taking the reader right into the middle of "real-life" situations it focuses on showing how assessment can provide a transparent and meaningful link between learning...

•	Assessment of Teaching

•	Grading

Assessing Students' Learning
McMillian, James H., ed.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1988
From the Publisher
Assessment is most effective when it is conceived, discussed, and implemented by faculty and their classes. This sourcebook presents assessment strategies and information, based on recent research and practical experience, to provide new assessment ideas and approaches that emphasize student learning and effective teaching.

•	Grading

Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning
Stevens, Dannelle D. and Antonia J. Levi
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2005
From the Publisher
At its most basic a rubric is a scoring tool that divides an assignment into its component parts and objectives, and provides a detailed description of what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable levels of performance for each part. Rubrics can be used to grade any assignment or task: research papers, book reviews, participation in discussions, laboratory work, portfolios, oral presentations, group work, and more. This book...

•	Grading

Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide
Suskie, Linda
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
2004
From the Publisher
Suskie (Towson U.) believes in developing an assessment culture in schools and universities. She describes assessment as a four-step continuous cycle of establishing learning goals, providing learning opportunities, assessing student learning, and making good use of results. She provides rubrics for evaluating a variety of learning opportunities and media, and supplies model examinations, surveys, checklists, and reports for...

•	Grading

New Paradigms for Testing Student Learning: Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties
Braxton, John M. and Alan E. Bayer, Editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2004
From the Publisher
Changes in instructional paradigms are leading to changes in the way student achievement is tested, including group testing, online testing and authentic testing. This issue discusses the theory and practice of these new forms of testing and offers practical suggestions for instructors considering their use.

•	Classroom Management

•	Grading

•	Faculty Development

Portfolio Development and the Assessment of Prior Learning: Perspectives, Models and Practices
Michelson, Elana, Alan Mandell, and Contributors
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2004
From the Publisher
For over thirty years, portfolios have been used to help adult learners gain recognition for their prior learning and take greater control of their educational experiences. The portfolio has become a distinctive means of assessing such learning, serving as a meaningful alternative to conventional papers and standardized testing.

Portfolio Development and the Assessment of Prior Learning: Perspectives, Models, and Practices...

•	Grading

Alternative Strategies for Evaluating Student Learning
Achacoso, Michelle V. and Marilla D. Svinicki, editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2004
From the Publisher
Although new forms of learning call for new forms of assessment, many faculty struggle to find different ways of testing their students' achievements. This issue introduces readers to both theory and practical examples of innovations in assessment in the college classroom. Examples include authentic testing, testing with multimedia, portfolios, visual synthesis, and performance-based testing, among others. Contributors also...

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A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Assessment: Understanding and Using Assessment to Improve Student Learning
Butler, Susan and Nancy D. McMunn
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2006
From the Publisher
A comprehensive guide for effectively integrating assessment in the classroom.

Based on extensive research, this book offers teachers a thorough grounding in all aspects of classroom assessment for enhancing student learning and achievement. While the major focus is on how to design quality performance tasks and scoring guides, the book also provides guidance on setting standards-based learning targets, analyzing assessment...

•	Grading

Models of Assessing Institutional and Educational Effectiveness: The Pilot School Project

•	Theological Education

•	Assessment of Teaching

•	Grading

•	Theological Education (ATS Journal)

Tips for Improving Testing and Grading
Ory, John C. and Katherine E. Ryan
Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA
1993
From the Publisher
Using detailed examples, checklists and exercises, the authors show how to develop, use and grade classroom examinations. They provide a thorough, step-by-step discussion of general testing and grading issues, including: deciding on the content of an exam; assessing difficulty levels; writing different kinds of test items; scoring different test items; evaluating different subject areas; helping students review for an exam;...

•	Grading

The Art and Science of Classroom Assessment: The Missing Part of Pedagogy
Brookhart, Susan M.
ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, George Washington Univ. Press, Washington, DC
1999
From the Publisher
Discusses the quality of individual student assessments in higher education courses and their composite effect on course grades. Reviews the literature on making classroom assessments and their impact on the science of student assessment. Such activity requires instructional skill, interest, and a disposition toward clarity and fairness. Brookhart discusses such critical issues and suggests resources for further study.

•	Grading

Assessment Matters in Higher Education: Choosing and Using Diverse Approaches
Brown, Sally and Angela Glasner, editors
Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, Philadelphia, PA
1999
From the Publisher
Provides both theoretical perspectives and pragmatic advice on how to conduct effective assessment in higher education, drawing on relevant research and contributors' first-hand experience. Contains sections on a systems approach to assessment, the effectiveness of innovative assessment, assessing practice, and autonomous assessment, peer assessment, and self-assessment. Material is oriented toward the UK and New Zealand experience....

•	Assessment of Teaching

•	Grading

Assessment & Learning: The Ice Approach
Young, Sue Fostaty and Robert J. Wilson
Portage and Main Press, Winnipeg, Canada
2000
From the Publisher
Assessment and Learning: The ICE Approach shows how to maximize learning potential through an improved understanding and appreciation of the learning process. ICE represents the three stages of learning: Ideas: The building blocks of learning Connections: Establishing and articulating the relationships among Ideas Extensions: Learning is internalized and used in novel ways. The authors show how to recognize the stages...

•	Grading

"An A is an A is an A ... And That's the Problem"
Johnson, Valen E.
New York Times, (23 April 2002)
4/14/2002

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"Thoughts on Plagiarism in My Classes"
Graves, Bill
The Faculty Network, The Impact of Technology on Teaching (Spring 2002)
2002

•	Grading

"Grading Classroom Participation"
Bean, John C. and Dean Peterson
in Classroom Assessment and the New Learning Paradigm (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998), 33-40
1998

•	Grading

Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning
Cambridge, Barbara L., editor
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
2001
From the Publisher
The portfolio is a powerful tool for learning and assessment. Introducing the electronic into the mix increases its power, especially through the key feature of interactive hyperlinks and the potential to promote continuous reflection on, and updating of, learning. This introduction examines the potential of electronic portfolios by addressing: rationales for creating an electronic portfolio; possible features of the portfolio;...

•	Technology Critique

•	Faculty Development

•	Grading

"Helping Students Perform Better on Essay Examinations"
Whipple, Jr., Bob
Teaching Professor 16, no. 9 (2002): 6
2002

•	Grading

Teaching College in An Age of Accountability
Lyons, Richard E., Meggin McIntosh and Marcella L.Kysilka
Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA
2003
From the Publisher
Teaching College in an Age of Accountability provides professors with the insights and tools necessary to achieve higher levels on accountability assessment outcomes while preparing students for enhancing their own career success in a more complex future. In recent years, many initiatives have been implemented by a number of state legislatures and boards of trustees to increase "institutional effectiveness." These measures have...

•	Assessment of Teaching

•	Grading

Educative Assessment: Designing Assessments to Inform and Improve Student Performance
Wiggins, G.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1998
From the Publisher
In this book, Grant Wiggins outlines design standards for performance-based assessments that promise students - no matter what their ability - clear and worthy performance targets, useful feedback, coaching, and the opportunity to progress toward excellence. Educative Assessment furnishes the information needed to design performance-based assessments, craft performance tasks that meet rigorous educational standards, score assessments...

•	Grading

"An Assessment Riddle"
Walvoord, Barbara E., and Anderson, Virginia
Assessment Update 7, no. 6 (1993): 8-9, 11
1993

•	Grading

"Evaluating Writing"
Tchudi, Stephen
in Teaching Writing in the Content Areas: College Level (Washington, D.C.: National Education Association of the United States, 1986), 51-62
1986

•	Grading

Assessment Strategies for the On-line Class: From Theory to Practice
Anderson, Rebecca S., John F. Bauer, Bruce W. Speck, editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2002
From the Publisher
Addresses the kinds of questions that instructors need to ask themselves as they begin to move at least part of their students' work to an on-line format. The chapters present an initial overview of the need for evaluating students' on-line work with the same care that instructors give to the students' work in hard-copy format; what an instructor needs to know about the technology, a discussion of alternative instructional formats...

•	Technology Critique

•	Grading

•	Online Learning

Beyond Tests and Quizzes: Creative Assessments in the College Classroom
Mezeske, Richard J., and Barbara A. Mezeske, eds.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
2007
From the Publisher
Because the drive toward external assessment speaks almost exclusively in terms of standardized testing, we need to be reminded of the internal purposes of assessment: measuring learning for both student and teacher so that instruction can be adjusted and improved. This book is written for college instructors who are striving to creatively change assessment practice to better reflect learner-centered teaching. It is intended...

•	Grading

Assessment for Excellence: The Philosophy and Practice of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
Astin, Alexander W.
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ
1993
From the Publisher
In this detailed study, Astin examines why assessment activity has produced such meager results and, just as important, how existing activities can be improved. The author also discusses what new assessment practices can be implemented and shares specific and sometimes startling ideas on: How assessment information can most effectively be used for evaluation How results can be used to enlighten and inform the practitioner How...

•	Assessment of Teaching

•	Grading

Promoting Integrated and Transformative Assessment: A Deeper Focus on Student Learning
Wehlburg, Catherine M.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2008
From the Publisher
Assessment plays a key role in institutions of higher education. However, many colleges and universities simply add their assessment plans onto other teaching, learning, service, and research activities in order to prepare for an impending accreditation visit. In this important resource, Catherine M. Wehlburg outlines an integrated and ongoing system for assessment that both prepares for an accreditation visit and truly enhances...

•	Grading

Evaluation in Distance Education and E-Learning: The Unfolding Model
Ruhe, Valerie, and Bruno D. Zumbo
The Guilford Press, New York
2009
From the Publisher
With the rapid proliferation of distance education and e-learning courses, the need is growing for a comprehensive, professional approach to evaluating their effectiveness. This indispensable book offers a road map to guide evaluation practice in these innovative learning environments. Providing practical, step-by-step guidelines and tools for conducting evaluation studies including how to deal with stakeholders, develop surveys...

•	Grading

•	Online Learning

Enhancing Learning through Formative Assessment and Feedback
Irons, Alastair
Routledge, Taylor & Francis, New York
2008
From the Publisher
This book is based on the argument that detailed and developmental formative feedback is the single most useful thing teachers can do for students. It helps to clarify the expectations of higher education and assist all students to achieve their potential.

This book promotes student learning through formative assessment and feedback, which:

* enables self-assessment and reflection in learning
*...

•	Grading

Electronic Portfolios 2.0: Emergent Research on Implementation and Impact
Darren Cambridge, Barbara Cambridge, and Kthleen Yancey, eds.
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2009
From The Publisher

Higher education institutions of all kinds across the United States and around the world have rapidly expanded the use of electronic portfolios in a broad range of applications including general education, the major, personal planning, freshman learning communities, advising, assessing, and career planning.

Widespread use creates an urgent need to evaluate the implementation and impact of eportfolios. Using qualitative...

•	Grading

•	Classroom Technology

Grade Inflation: Academic Standards in Higher Education
From the Publisher

This book provides a provocative look at the issues and controversies surrounding grade inflation, and, more generally, grading practices in American higher education. The contributors confront the issues from a number of different disciplines and varying points of view. Topics explored include empirical evidence for and against the claim that there is a general upward trend in grading, whether grade inflation (if it exists)...

•	Grading

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