Many of the teachers and students who have written for this blog have described projects in which students worked in teams to solve problems and produce products. Here is a recent example from a ...

Journal of Educational Measurement, Vol. 54, No. 1, Special Issue: Collaborative Educational Assessments (Spring 2017), pp. 12-35 (24 pages) Collaborative problem solving is a complex skill set that ...

In a federal study that could shed light on the potential uses of computers on large-scale tests, researchers have found that computerized tests can effectively measure large groups of students’ ...

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After receiving a $1 million Google grant last year, Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) set out to solve a problem: Find a way to assess soft skills in a credible and tangible way. Soft skills, ...

This pedagogical Catch-22 might explain the relatively slow evolution of tech tools in this category. Even as online learning environments and instructional systems add increasingly sophisticated ...

Do you typically approach a problem from many perspectives or opt for the same old solution that worked in the past? In his work on human motivation, Robert E. Franken states that in order to be ...

Test-taking motivation is a critical factor that influences students’ performance across diverse assessment settings. The construct encompasses not only the intrinsic willingness to engage but also ...

Imagine playing Scrabble without being able to rearrange the tiles on your rack or designing a building without sketching ideas or making models. Such a thought exercise shows the importance of ...