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Do Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) Improve Student Learning?
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Cottell, Philip; Harwood, Elaine – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
In a study of effectiveness of classroom assessment techniques (CATs) on student learning, two college accounting teachers each taught two classes, one using CATs and one not using them. Course results did not suggest greater learning in CATs classes, better student participation, or more positive attitudes. Further research is recommended on the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
A Collective Effort Classroom Assessment Technique: Promoting High Performance in Student Teams.
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Walker, Charles; Angelo, Thomas – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Research on group performance and student teaming is summarized, and a new classroom assessment technique for guiding and monitoring student teams is described. The model provides for early, midway, and summative assessment of collective effort and accounts for a range of social functions in the team environment. Results of this technique's use…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Using Classroom Assessment To Change Both Teaching and Learning.
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Steadman, Mimi – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Summarizes results of a study on implementation and impact of classroom assessment techniques (CATs) in community colleges, examining how classroom assessment has been applied by teachers, documenting changes in teaching behaviors, and considering costs and benefits. Also examines students' experiences and satisfaction with courses taught using…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Community Colleges
Classroom Assessment Across the Disciplines.
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Eisenbach, Regina; Golich, Vicki; Curry, Renee – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Three college instructors, teaching very different content (management, political science, and literature) and using classroom assessment techniques (CATs), compared the results. All found that CATs contributed to self-reflection, that designing CATs helps faculty focus on course and class goals, and that responding to CATs requires students to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction