Assessment Tools Made Easy
How to Incorporate the Latest Assessment Tools into Your
Classroom
Candice CantrellProfessor
Fullerton College
Who was your favorite teacher and
why?
Role of the Instructor
Motivate Students Engage Students in Active Learning Develop Critical Thinking Skills Organize Daily Lesson Plans Manage the Classroom
Motivation is the art of getting our students to do what we want them to do because they
want to do it.
How Do We Do It?
By developing a toolbox of support materials!
What’s in Your Toolbox?
Textbooks – EBooksPremium VideosSAM Skill Based TrainingSAM Concept ExamsSAM Skill Based ExamsSAM ProjectsSAM Capstone Projects
The Most Important Tool
You The Instructor!
We Make a Difference
How Do We
Make a
Difference
How Can We Use the Tools in Our Toolbox on a
Daily Basis?
Unit Lesson Plan
Pretest SAM ConceptsPretest SAM Skills
This helps students understand what they do know and don’t know. It helps
with the student who says
“I already know it all”.
Daily Lesson PlanStart of Each Class
Hot TechnologyExample: Create a Word Cloudwww. Wordle.net
SAM Quiz
Start Class with a Pollwww.polleverywhere.com
Daily Lesson PlanDemo of Sample Problem
Lecture Success System
Explain Project to be Completed1. Observe / Watch PVE
2. Demo – Do It
3. Students Practice It
4. Write It Down
Daily Lesson PlanHomework
SAM Quiz for EOC Concepts
Assign a task based problem
Complete a Critical Thinking Problem
Homework Assignments
• Concept Review• Skill Review Exercises• Independent Challenges• Visual Workshops
Homework Assignments
• Learn It Online• Apply Your Knowledge• Extend Your Knowledge• Make It Right• In the Lab• Cases and Places
Summary Daily Homework
Illustrated
1. Class Problem
2. Concept Review
3. Skill Review
4. SAM Project 1
(IC #1)
Shelly Cashman
1. Class Problem
2. Learn It Online T/F and MC Questions
3. SAM Project 1
(In the Lab 1)
End Of Unit AssessmentTest Review
SAM Skill Based Training – Scenario 1Must complete at 70% passing
Textbook Capstone ProjectIllustrated – Coolworks MediaShelly Cashman – Spa or Bank
End Of Unit AssessmentTest Review - Capstone
Illustrated SAM Capstone
Scenario 1Scenario 2
Textbook CapstoneScenario –
CoolWorks2 problems per app.
Shelly Cashman Sam Capstone
Scenario 1Scenario 2
Textbook CapstoneScenario 1 – SpaScenario 2 - Bank
End Of Unit AssessmentExam Day
ExamsSAM Multiple Choice Theory ExamSAM Skill Based Exam – Scenario 2SAM Capstone Project – Ill/NP/SC
I Make a Difference