Mary E. Huba | Jann E. Freed

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1 A Different and Powerful Approach to Assessment
Huba and Freed bridge the gap between assessment and student-centered teaching and learning. Throughout the text the authors include reflection questions to trigger thinking and changes in mental models. While the thrust of the book is conceptual, there are many practical suggestions for implementation in areas such as learning outcomes, rubrics, and other related areas of assessment. While compatible with other treatments of assessment, this is a unique perspective.

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2 A great surprise
As a faculty developer and instructional designer I am constantly on the lookout for good resources. Every once in a while, a jewel turns up. I must say that this is a pure jewel. I have had my copy for about six eeks and have read it once and am in the process of rereading it a second time.

For faculty who really want a good understanding of student-centered instruction as well as assessment, I higly recommend this book.

It is replete with examples and the section on developing and using rubrics is exceptional.

I consider this book a must have for faculty member's professional library.

Jim

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• Classroom Assessment Techniques : A Handbook for College Teachers (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

A gangster assembled an engineer, a chemist, and a physicist.  He explained

that he was entering a horse in a race the following week and the three

assembled guys had the job of assuring that the gangster's horse would win.

They were to reconvene the day before the race to tell the gangster how they

each propose to ensure a win.  When they reconvened the gangster started with

the engineer:

	

Gangster: OK, Mr. engineer, what have you got?

Engineer: Well, I've invented a way to weave metallic threads into the saddle

	  blanket so that they will act as the plates of a battery and provide

	  electrical shock to the horse.

G:	  That's very good!  But let's hear from the chemist.

Chemist:  I've synthesized a powerful stimulant that disolves

	  into simple blood sugars after ten minutes and therefore

	  cannot be detected in post-race tests.

G:	  Excellent, excellent!  But I want to hear from the physicist before

	  I decide what to do.  Physicist?  

Physicist: Well, first consider a spherical horse in simple harmonic motion...





Actually, the probability is 100% that the elevator will be going in the

right direction.  Proof by induction:



N=1.	Trivially true, since both you and the elevator only have one

	floor to go to.



Assume true for N, prove for N+1:

	If you are on any of the first N floors, then it is true by the

	induction hypothesis.  If you are on the N+1st floor, then both you

	and the elevator have only one choice, namely down.  Therefore,

	it is true for all N+1 floors.

QED.