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Cost of NOT Changing | Tim Stephenson | Next Generation Assessment

Assess THAT with Tom & Nat! (Assessment, Feedback, Grading, and Learning)

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The Importance of Variety in Assessment

I think definitely the way I would approach it with my students is, you know, let's say there's a battery engineer at Tesla and they would be working on a particular formulation to get the most energy from the least weight and cost. What he does on a day to day basis is a specialized task related to a lithium ion battery. So all of these steps that you've ever seen technologically in the world, somebody first sat in a grade 12 science classroom learning these sort of mundane things. We don't need to make this a zero sum game where we just dismiss a valid assessment method. It's good for them to take an opportunity to show what they know in a variety of formats.

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