2018 AAPM Annual Meeting
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Session Title: Hands-On Solutions to Every Day Teaching Challenges in Medical Physics: Panel Discussion
Question 1: What best describes learning objectives for a course?
Reference:Enhancing curriculum and delivery: linking assessment to learning objectives, K.L. Comb, S.K. Gibson, J.M. Hays, J. Saly, and J.T. Wendt, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Vol. 33, Issue 1, pp 87-102, 2008.
Choice A:Should be student centered.
Choice B:Should use action verbs.
Choice C:Should be measureable.
Choice D:All of the above.
Question 2: What best describes the development of a rubric guideline?
Reference:Introduction to rubrics: An assessment tool to save grading time, convey effective feedback, and promote student learning, Dannelle D. Stevens, and Antonia J. Levi, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2013.
Choice A:Creating performance qualities under each measure for ‘excellent’, ‘good’, and ‘unsatisfactory’?
Choice B:Providing a range of scores with no explanation for each score
Choice C:Providing the students with a scoring method for assignments, and then not applying in grading.
Question 3: A course that uses rubrics, provides the students with what type of communication?
Reference:Using rubrics to promote thinking and learning, Andrade, Heidi Goodrich, Educational leadership, Vol. 57 Issue 5, pp 13-19, 2000.
Choice A:Clear goals for the course
Choice B:Assignment expectations
Choice C:Consistency in grading
Choice D:All of the above
Question 4: Learning objectives have been developed around Bloom’s Taxonomy. Which cognitive skill is correctly matched with it level?
Reference:How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching. Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, Marie K. Norman, editors. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2010.
Choice A:Knowledge level: able to apply the learned information.
Choice B:Analysis Level: can recognize of recall learning information
Choice C:Evaluation Level: can assess the value of the studied information.
Choice D:Application Level: can restate the information in their own words
Question 5: Rubrics can be used to grade what type of classroom activities?
Reference:Authentic tasks and rubrics: Going beyond traditional assessments in college teaching, K. Montgomery, College teaching, Vol. 50, Issue 1, pp 34-40, 2002.
Choice A:Paper assignments
Choice B:Projects (e.g. capstone project; term paper)
Choice C:Oral presentations
Choice D:Class participation
Choice E:All of the above
Question 6: Which learning objective verb would apply to the Comprehension Level?
Reference:How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching. Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, Marie K. Norman, editors. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2010.
Choice A:Plan.
Choice B:Test.
Choice C:Describe.
Choice D:List.
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