Teaching and Learning Week - Designing assessment for higher-order thinking

Event Details

Date:

Tuesday, 31 October 2017

Time:

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Room:

Building 17 Room 202

UQ Location:

Learning Innovation Building (St Lucia)

URL:

https://www.uq.edu.au/teaching-learning/week/

Event category(s):

Full Description:: In this interactive workshop participants will design assessment items for higher order thinking. Higher-order thinking (or higher order thinking skills (HOTS)), is an educational concept that draws on learning taxonomies (such as Bloom's taxonomy).

When we encourage students to engage in higher-order thinking we are asking them to analyse, evaluate, and synthesise ideas and information, rather than simply asking them to remember.

In this workshop we will consider how we can design assessment items to encourage our students to engage in critical thinking and problem solving behaviours, both of which are important for their success in the workplace and in the world.