Tools and Resources

This document describes a specific strategy that provides a collaborative learning experience for students.

An easy to use graphical representation of updated Bloom's Taxonomy congitive domain, including definitions.

Item Analysis (a.k.a. Test Question Analysis) is an empowering process that enables you to improve mutiple-choice test score validity and reliability by analyzing item performance over time and making necessary adjustments. Knowledge of score reliability, item difficulty, item discrimination, and crafting effective distractors can help you make decisions about whether to retain items for future administrations, revise them, or eliminate them from the test item pool. Item analysis can also help you to determine whether a particular portion of course content should be revised or enhanced.

This document describes how to use role-playing exercises to help students grasp certain concepts.

In-depth discussion of planning and writing a case study. Key steps discussed include identifying the reason for using a case study; drafting the case; and piloting and revising it.

A problem solving scale with 5 levels of expertise.

This document offers a nice overview of Inquiry Based Learning.

This is a full guide for internship supervisors in the College of the Liberal Arts. It would serve as a great model for other programs seeking to develop a similar document.

This file is an example of a rubric that can be used to grade a science experiment. The use of a rubric can help instructors to grade more accurately and more quickly.