Directed Paraphrasing assesses students understanding of a concept or procedure by asking them to paraphrase it in two or three sentences for a specific audience.
For example, if you were in a class at this moment, you might be asked to paraphrase “Classroom Assessment” in a way that would be meaningful to you colleagues.
Applications Cards assess learners’ skill at transference by eliciting possible applications of lessons learned in class to real life or to other specific areas.
In an economics course, for instance, for instance, the instructor might ask students to come up with applications of “satisficing” in everyday, on textbook setting.
If one of these five simple CATs appeals to you, we suggest that you read through its complete description in Chapter Seven before using it in your classroom.