Estimated Levels of Time and Energy Required for:
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Pages: |
| Faculty to prepare to use this CAT |
Medium |
281-284 |
| Students to respond to the assessment |
High |
| Faculty to analyze the data collected | Medium to High |
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| Description |
"At one time or another, most college students have been asked to write personal statements or autobiographical essays. Such written self-portraits are often a required part of applications for admission and for scholarships, for example. College admissions and scholarship selection committees routinely assess these statements to make decisions about their authors. The Focused Autobiographical Sketch is simply a shorter, more specific version of these familiar tasks. In this technique, students are directed to write a one- or two-page autobiographical sketch focused on a single successful learning experience in their past – an experience relevant to learning in the particular course in which the assessment technique is used."
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| Purpose | "The Focused Autobiographical Sketch provides information on the students’ self-concept and self-awareness as learners within a specific field. It gives the teacher a composite portrait of the range and diversity of levels of self-awareness and reflectiveness among students in the class. This information can help teachers determine “where the students are”, so that they can more effectively gauge the appropriate level of instruction and set realistic course objectives. These sketches can also provide “starting-line” information against which to assess learning over the course of the semester." — Classroom Assessment Techniques, Angelo, TA and Cross, KP, 1993 |