Resources

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Rubrics [Word – 25k]

This word document is ideal for creating and customising your own assessment criteria and descriptors for achievement level related to:

  • Knowledge and procedures
  • Modelling and problem solving
  • Communication
  • Use of software
  • Proofs

Publications

  • OLT project report: Developing a shared understanding of assessment criteria and standards for undergraduate mathematics
  • Conference presentation: Varsavsky, C., Hogeboom, K., Coady, C. & King, D., (2013) Undergraduate mathematics and statistics assessment practices in Lighthouse Delta 2013: The 9th Delta Conference on Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics – Proceedings <www.delta2013.net/?page=program>.
  • Conference presentation: Varsavsky, C., Coady, C. & King, D., (2013) Developing a shared understanding of assessment criteria and standards in undergraduate mathematics in HERDSA 2013: The place of learning and teaching <conference.herdsa.org.au/2013/program.html>.
  • Conference presentation: Varsavsky, C., Coady, C. & King, D., (2013), Improving the quality of mathematics assessment in ACSME 2013: Students in transition—The learners’ journey <ojs-prod.library.usyd.edu.au/index.php/IISME/article/view/6970>.

Related projects and resources

OLT projects

  • Assuring Learning
    http://assuringlearning.com
  • Assessment 2020: Seven propositions for assessment reform in higher education
    Assessment 2020_final.pdf [PDF – 152kB]
  • Assessment decision making
    http://assessmentdecisions.org/
  • Enhancing Assessment in the Biological Sciences
    http://www.bioassess.edu.au/
  • Quality assessment: Linking assessment tasks and teaching outcomes in the social sciences
    Final Project Report [PDF – 626 kB]
  • Raising the profile of diagnostic, formative and summative e-assessments
    http://www.transformingassessment.com/
  • The teaching and assessment of statistical thinking within and across disciplines [PDF – 260 kB]
  • Web 2.0 Assessment Resources
    http://web2assessmentresources.wikispaces.com/Overview

Other projects

  • Assessing Learning in Australian Universities
    http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessinglearning/
  • From the U.K.
    Mapping University – Mathematics Assessment Practices (MU-MAP)
    http://www.uea.ac.uk/education/mumap
  • From the U.S.A.
    Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics (SUAM)
    http://www.maa.org/SAUM/index.html