Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

The book features fifty classroom assessment techniques, each including a concise description; step-by-step procedures for administering the technique; practical advice on how to analyze the data; pros, cons, and caveats; and more.

Works for ALL disciplines, including science and math. Try one new assessment technique a week and see what works for you. The book also helps you design your own. My highest recommendation.

Dr. Stefani Koorey, Valencia Community College


An excellent presentation of formative evaluation techniques   February 24, 1999
17 out of 19 found this review helpful

This is a text every secondary and post-secondary teacher should review. Although the title indicates that it is most useful for college teachers, secondary teachers will also find excellent suggestions on how to evaluate their students' achievement, how to confirm learning, and how to build a formative evaluation plan for the content taught.


It is a nice book to improve learning in the class.   April 14, 1999
17 out of 20 found this review helpful

I recommend this book to every faculty member who wish to change the traditional role of teaching and get into more active learning. This text helps one to evaluate their course more effectively. CATs provides feedback to both the students as well as faculty. I highly recommend if you want to make your course more intresting and friendly.


Amazing even if you don't use it as originally intended.   August 5, 2001
TammyJo Eckhart (Bloomington, Indiana United States)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful

This book is a great explanation of and suggestions for evaluating teaching and learning primarily at the college level. In college, a professor or instructor may have hundreds of students unless you teach a very rare subject or at are a very small school. These fast and often fun exercises are a neat way to figure out how much your students are learning and how to teach better. They could also be used as graded tests but primarily the book was intended for pure assessment. Since students, over-booked with classes in the age of a flat-fee system, may resent too much gradeless assessment, you'll have to read the atmosphere of your own classes and decide how best to use this.


A Classic   August 3, 2004
Christopher Davis (Flint, MI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Cross and Angelo is a classic text that all professors should have in their teaching and learning library. The techniques are concrete, simple, and powerful. This is not a theory book but truly a handbook of techniques that will not only improve your teaching but more importantly improve your students' learning.