Browsing by Author "Abidi, Ali"

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    Designing A Professional Development Program in English Language Assessments
    (2019-05-01) Abidi, Ali; Koh, Kim; Chapman, Olive
    This interactive session discusses the development of a professional development program in which student teachers collaboratively reflect and design authentic language assessments (ALA). ALAs promote ELLs’ academic language by connecting classroom activities with engaging real-world activities essential for success in English classroom. Participants will engage in reviewing our newly-developed ALAs.
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    Problem-based learning: Mathematical knowledge, assessment and competencies
    (2018-05) Koh, Kim; Chapman, Olive; Abidi, Ali; Zulay, Diaz
    In this session, the presenters will discuss and demonstrate how problem-based learning, an innovative learner-centered pedagogical approach, can be used to maximize authentic learning opportunities for undergraduate students to develop disciplinary knowledge (e.g., mathematical knowledge) and competencies.
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    The role of authentic assessment tasks in problem-based learning
    (2018-05) Koh, Kim; Delanoy, Nadia; Thomas, Christy; Bene, Rose; Hone, Gabrielle; Chapman, Olive; Abidi, Ali; Diaz, Zulay
    A group of instructors will share their perspectives on using authentic assessment tasks to engage students in assessment for and as learning in a problem-based learning (PBL) oriented course. Discipline-specific dialogues on PBL and authentic assessment will take place at the end.