PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2018
San Diego, California
Examining Exams, Evaluating Evaluations: An Alternate Approach Assessed
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In an attempt to bring a more realistic environment into the classroom during assessments, an alternative form of assessment was piloted during a mathematical modeling course at the United States Military Academy at West Point in the fall of 2017. The “alternate” assessments are primarily conceptual in nature and consist of three parts: a night before read-ahead introducing a new application, an in class individual portion, and an in-class group portion. Through the evaluation of this assessment technique, we hope to determine if it should be expanded to a larger audience in the future. Preliminary finding of this evaluation are presented.