Teach T@lk: CATs are puuurfect: Gauging Student Understanding

In our latest Teach T@lk webinar, we focused on student-centered Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs). These popular and quick activities allow instructors to receive feedback about lesson effectiveness and student understanding. While CATs were developed by Thomas Angelo and Patricia Cross (1993) with face-to-face teaching in mind, these easy-to-use and often non-graded techniques can be easily adapted to the online or hybrid setting. You might have heard about CATs, such as Minute-Paper, Muddiest Point, or Pro-Con Grids, but did you know these are just three of 50 CATs which instructors can use to gauge student understanding?

Check out the following helpful resources to get started with CATs. Please do not hesitate to contact us for .

Webinar Materials:

• recording (56 min.)
• webinar slides (PDF)

ASU TeachOnline Blog:

• Gauging Student Understanding: CATs are puuuuur-fect
• Are my students really getting it? CATs will show you the way.

Books:

• Angelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers. San Francisco: Josey-Bass.
• Barkley, E. F., Cross, K. P., & Major, C. H. (2004). Collaborative learning techniques: A handbook for college faculty. Wiley.com.
• Bonk, C. J., & Zank, K. (2008). Empowering online learning: 100+ activities for reading, reflecting, displaying, and doing. Jossey-Bass.