What is the central idea of Assumption 3?

Correct answer: Students need early, focused feedback and must learn to assess their own learning.

Explanation

Assumption 3 shifts the focus to the student's perspective, emphasizing their need for timely feedback and the importance of developing self-assessment skills to become independent learners.

Other questions

Question 1

What is the central purpose of Classroom Assessment as described in the text?

Question 2

Which characteristic of Classroom Assessment emphasizes that it focuses on observing and improving learning, rather than on observing and improving teaching?

Question 3

Classroom Assessment is described as a 'formative' approach. What does this primarily mean?

Question 4

According to Assumption 1, what is one of the most promising ways to improve student learning?

Question 5

What is the key principle of Assumption 4 regarding the effectiveness of assessment?

Question 6

What does Assumption 6 state about the training required for Classroom Assessment?

Question 7

What was the authors' observation regarding Assumption 7, which was contrary to their original belief?

Question 8

The characteristic of Classroom Assessment being 'Teacher-Directed' means that the teacher has autonomy over the process. What does this respect?

Question 9

What is the primary reason Classroom Assessments are 'almost always anonymous'?

Question 10

The 'Ongoing' characteristic of Classroom Assessment is best described as the creation and maintenance of what?

Question 11

What phrase from the author E. F. Schumacher is borrowed to describe the simple, targeted tools needed for Classroom Assessment?

Question 12

The 'Context-Specific' nature of Classroom Assessment suggests that an assessment technique that works well in one class will do what in another?

Question 13

According to the text, what is the problem with the information teachers gather from routine methods like quizzes and exams?

Question 14

Assumption 2 states that before teachers can effectively assess student learning, what must they do first?

Question 15

What is meant by the 'Mutually Beneficial' characteristic of Classroom Assessment?

Question 16

According to the description of the national 'assessment movement' of the 1980s, what was a major problem with those efforts?

Question 17

What does helping students develop 'metacognitive skills' entail?

Question 18

What is the argument presented in Assumption 5 regarding systematic inquiry and intellectual challenge for college teachers?

Question 19

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are described as having a dual nature, being both 'assessment techniques' and what else?

Question 21

The text notes that each class develops its own 'microculture'. This idea is used to explain which characteristic of Classroom Assessment?

Question 22

What does the text mean when it says Classroom Assessment is 'rooted in good teaching practice'?

Question 23

How does student motivation change when they realize faculty are interested and invested in their success as learners, according to the 'Mutually Beneficial' section?

Question 24

When teachers define their instructional goals in terms of course content, such as 'My goal is to teach linear algebra,' what does Assumption 2 suggest is lacking?

Question 25

What is the primary danger of teachers relying on informal, subconscious, and implicit assessments of student learning?