Glossary

Adaptive feedback

Allows students to have multiple attempts at the question before moving on to the next question. Points are deducted for each incorrect answer until the correct answer is selected and/or the score for that item is zero. This incremental point loss can be facilitated with TBL proprietary scratch cards or on Moodle in the Selkirk Implementation section: TRAT

Construct

The content domain that is to be measured by a MCQ (Downing & Haladyna, 2006)

Constructivism

A philosophy of teaching and learning based on "the belief that learning occurs as learners are actively involved in a process of meaning and knowledge construction as opposed to passively receiving information."

-Constructivist teaching methods. (2020). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Constructivist_teaching_methods&oldid=991594560

Deferred feedback

Students must enter an answer to each question and then submit the entire quiz, before anything is graded or they get any feedback.

Flipped classroom

A modality of teaching and learning in which students acquire content knowledge through pre-recorded lectures or other materials prior to the synchronous class. The synchronous class time can then spent on supported assignment work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment refers to a variety of methods of collecting detailed information about student learning and implement strategies to augment and further that learning while it is happening. If there is a grade attached to a formative assessment, it is usually low stakes.

The process of appraising for the purpose of providing feedback for learning and performance improvement. In general, is an ongoing and interactive process with low or no stakes events.

"When the chef tastes the soup"

Individual Readiness Assurance Test (IRAT)

The first step in the Readiness Assurance Process (RAP).
A short (10-20 question) quiz that draws on content from the Pre-Class Preparation to support preparation and accountability, and provide formative assessment about student readiness.

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

"a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, automation and delivery of educational courses, training programs, or learning and development programs"

-Learning management system. (2021). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Learning_management_system&oldid=1004396733

Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)

A privacy impact assessment (PIA) is a step-by-step review process to make sure you protect the personal information you collect or use in your project. You’ll work with privacy experts to identify, evaluate and manage privacy risks.

Proprietary eponym

"A successful brand name or trademark that has come into general use to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, without the exclusive rights to said product being lost by the parent company"

proprietary eponym—Wiktionary. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2021, from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proprietary_eponym

Readiness Assurance Process

A 4 stage process that occurs at the beginning of a TBL module designed to prepare students for the learning and assessment activities to come by ensuring the foundational content from the pre-class preparations can be remembered, understood and applied to some degree.

The RAP consists of:

IRAT
TRAT
Appeals
Clarification lecture

Screencast

A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture or a screen recording, often containing audio narration

Selected response item

A testing item that asks examinees to "choose and answer to a question or a statement from a listing of several possible answers" (Downing & Haladyna, 2006, p. 287).

Summative evaluation

A process of judging performance or work that has already occurred, determining the extent that objectives have been achieved and assigning a grade or rank.

"When the customer tastes the soup."

Team Readiness Assurance Test (TRAT)

Immediately follows the IRAT.
The exact same quiz completed collaboratively in teams to increase the Zone of Proximal Development and learning "nodes" that a student has in their network.
Provides immediate feedback on responses to provide formative feedback.

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