Alternative Measurement and Evaluation Methods

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Types of Measurement and Evaluation Methods	Description	Formative / Summative / Diagnostic	Number of Students	Individual / Group	Cognitive Level	How can I do it with OzU Tools?
Open Source Exams	The instructor prepares an exam consisting of open-ended questions. During the exam, students are allowed access to various resources and are asked to answer exam questions.	Formative, Summative	Small groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate	LMS Quiz
Research Paper	Students write detailed research paper by reviewing the literature on the specific subject. Then, they are asked to present their analysis, results and evaluations.	Summative	Small groups and large groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	LMS Assignment
One-Minute Papers	In this activity, prepare the open-ended questions such as "What is the most important thing you learned in this session and is there anything you don't understand?" and ask to students these questions. Give students a minute to answer this question and discuss these questions.	Formative	Small groups and large groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Analyze, Evaulate	Free Tool
Online Survey	The instructor conducts a questionnaire to determine students' expectations, interest levels and prior knowledge. The instructor can develop the course design for the learning goals and individual needs of the students in line with the results obtained from the questionnaires.	Diagnostic	Small groups and large groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Analyze, Evaulate	LMS Survey, Zoom Poll
Online Quiz	The instructor prepares and applies a short quiz at the beginning of the term to determine the readiness level of the students. In addition, these quizzes can be applied to all students at regular intervals, simultaneously and throughout the semester. As a result of weekly evaluations, students' progress can be followed. The instructor may apply this method at certain intervals to determine the level of achieving learning goals and to improve the learning level of the students before proceeding to the next stage of the course.	Formative, Diagnostic	Small groups and large groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Analyze, Evaulate	LMS Quiz
Book/Journal Reviews	Book / journal article reviews are an opportunity to test a student’s analytical skills, writing ability and the extent to which she/he has ‘read around’ a subject. Asking a group of students to review a book in advance of a tutorial or seminar can be a useful means of formatively assessing a range of skills, including the ability to discuss and present a case.	Formative	Small groups and large groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate	LMS Assignment
Personal Blog	Allow them create a multimedia document such as a website or blog to show off all they have learned. Thus the student writes a blog post every week on the subject she/he learns in the course, and the instructor evaluates the blog posts written by the students throughout the semester.	Formative	Small groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Analyze, Evaulate	Free Tool
Focus Group and Online Interview	The instructor can conduct online one-to-one or group meetings with students to learn about students' background information and identify their learning needs. Students are provided to participate in the discussion environment.	Diagnostic	Small groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Analyze, Evaulate	Zoom
Student Generated Test Questions	Students can be asked to prepare the questions about related the course subject. In this way, it is ensured that students analyze what they have understood better or not. Discussion process can be evaluated by creating a discussion environment in the classroom on these questions and the answers of students. The instructor can use a certain number of those questions on the actual test.	Formative	Small groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Analyze, Evaulate	LMS Forum, Zoom
Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment	It allows students to learn the relevant course subject in depth and improve their own studies by evaluating the work of others. Self and peer assessment criterias should be shared with the students by the instructor.	Formative	Small groups and large groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	LMS Workshop
Poster Presentation	It enables students to analyze a topic in depth and show detailed information about the subject in order to internalize a topic related to the course. Grades can be given to poster content and presentations prepared by students. It can be evaluated by rubric.	Formative, Summative	Small groups and large groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	Free Tool
Project	Students may be asked to do projects individually and / or in groups. Students can apply the theoretical knowledge they obtained as a result of their research within the scope of the project to real life. It can be evaluated by rubric.	Formative, Summative	Small and large groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	LMS Assignment
Oral Exams / Presentations	Students can make individual and / or group presentations. Oral presentations can be used as an assessment tool by the instructor, as well as providing students with feedback on their learning processes and improving their communication skills.	Formative, Summative	Small and large groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Analyze, Evaulate	Zoom, Panopto
Discussion Forums	It provides an asynchronous exchange of written ideas between instructors and students. It allows students to have an asynchronous interactive discussion after lesson activities such as watching videos and reading articles, etc.. Comments made by students can be graded.	Formative	Small and large groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	LMS Forum
One-Sentence Summary	The one-sentence summary is designed to elicit high-level thinking; shows whether students can synthesize a process or concept. For example, ask your students to answer wh-questions on the topic individually, then want them to combine those answers into a single sentence. You can use this technique online with a discussion forum to collect student input. The online environment also supports engaging students in a peer review process and providing timely feedback.	Formative	Small and large groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	LMS Forum, Zoom
Case Study	The instructor may ask students to work on the definition and solutions of a case or problem. It can be measured whether the theoretical knowledge of the students can be transferred to practice or not.	Formative Summative	Small and large groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	LMS Assignment
Video Recording	The instructor may ask the students to record and upload a video about the specific topic/activity (eg: the video showing all stages of an experiment, a short film about a topic, etc.).	Summative	Small and large groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	Panopto, Zoom
Wiki Activity (Group Working)	The lecturer of the course divides the students into groups and gives each group a topic to research and can ask them to work on that topic jointly and to come up with a final product.	Formative Summative	Small and large groups	Group	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	LMS Wiki Activity
Wiki Activity (Brainstorming)	The instructor of the course creates a Wiki activity for the whole class or smaller groups of students. Then, instructor asks the students to brainstorm the relevant lesson topic and share their ideas on the jointly created Wiki. The instructor evaluates the students' active participation.	Formative	Small and large groups	Group	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	LMS Wiki Activity
Essay / Paperwork	The instructor of the course asks the students to write a composition on a particular subject and can set rules for the use of certain words / phrases and the minimum number of words in the composition. It can be used to make a quick evaluation of written texts, especially in courses with large classes, and to get instant feedback on students' work.	Formative Summative	Small and large groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	LMS Quiz-Essay (auto-grade)
Mind Maping	The instructor of the course asks the students to create a mind map using short words or sentences about what they know about the subject of the lesson. In this way, the instructor can evaluate what his students know and / or how he analyzes the information they have learned.	Diagnostic	Small and large groups	Individual / Group	Remember, Understand, Analyze	Free Tool
Portfolio	During the academic term, students may be asked to prepare a portfolio. Studies reflecting students' performances should be included in the portfolio. Also, there should be documents and studies proving the progress of the students towards the goals of the course. The portfolios prepared by students can be interpreted and graded by the instructor of the course throughout the semester.	Formative Summative	Small groups	Individual	Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaulate, Create	Free Tool