Know the difference between assessment for learning and assessment of learning? What role will technology play in assessing academic performance in the coming years? Join us this week for a fascinating talk on this very important subject as we introduce Dr. Jacqueline Leighton, Chair of Educational Psychology here at the University of Alberta to the show.
The purpose of assessment is not just to find out how well the students understood and retained the material from the class, but a self-assessment of the teachers ability to transfer that knowledge. Assessment is used for improving the learning in a classroom as much as measuring how well it went.
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