Topics of Interest Formative Assessment, Single-Point Rubric

Abstract

For some years, the need for deeper thought and personal reflection on the mission and purpose of formal education has become grist for the political mill. Germane here are issues related not only to what to teach, but how to teach it; thornier decisions must be grappled with in the wrestling rings of assessment and of equity.  Among other domains in education, critical thinking and formative assessment hold meaning for me. The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) carries promise, at least possibly for the short term