ERIC Number: EJ993351
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Nov
Pages: 2
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-6463
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Exams: The Secret Ingredients
DiJulio, Betsy
SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, v112 n3 p32-33 Nov 2012
This year, many high-school teachers in the district where the author teaches experienced exam anxiety because midterms--as they had come to know and love them--were no more. For a variety of reasons, the semester exam schedule looked very different. More to the point is the new philosophy about exam content and format that underpinned the schedule. District-wide high-school teachers in every discipline were encouraged to reimagine traditional exam design. In particular, teachers were asked to consider some of the following guidelines and options: an emphasis on performance/application-based assessments, "authentic" assessments, "balanced" assessments, portfolio presentations, and twenty-first-century skills. In this article, the author shares her outside-the-box thinking about midterm exams.
Descriptors: Studio Art, Art Activities, Tests, High School Students, Freehand Drawing, Student Evaluation, Scoring, Performance Based Assessment, Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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