Language Comparisons

Presentational mode

Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives

School and Global Communities

Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives

Cultural Comparisons

Relating Cultural Products to Perspectives

interpersonal mode

Interpretive mode

Lifelong Learning

Making connections

You can test your students’ ability to draw a single conclusion from different inputs or you may alternatively want them to come up with different possible answers  

You can test students’ reasoning skills by focusing  on the process they follow to arrive at a solution or you can evaluate the end product

Student success can be measured by learning a set amount of material or demonstrating certain skills or  by assessing the amount of progress they make over the duration of the course

You can design your test questions to assess students’ knowledge or ability to apply material taught in class

You can evaluate students’ communication skills their ability to express themselves

a brief prompt that demands a written answer that varies in length from one or two words to a few sentences

pairing each of a set of stems (e.g., definitions) with one of the choices provided

a complex prompt that requires written responses, which can vary in length from a couple of paragraphs to many pages

composed of one question (stem) with multiple possible answers (choices),

students respond directly speaking to the instructor’s questions and/or to present prepared statements.

composed of a statement which can be correct or incorret