Estimated Levels of Time and Energy Required for:
|
Pages: |
| Faculty to prepare to use this CAT | Low | 160-163 |
| Students to respond to the assessment | Low |
| Faculty to analyze the data collected | Low |
| |
|
| Description | "The Categorizing Grid is the paper-and-pencil equivalent of sorting objects in a warehouse and putting like ones together in the right bins. Students are presented with a grid containing two or three important categories – superordinate concepts they have been studying – along with a scrambled list of subordinate terms, images, equations, or other items that belong in one or another of those categories. Learners are then given a very limited time to sort the subordinate terms into the correct categories on the grid."
|
| | |
| Purpose | "The Categorizing Grid provides faculty with a snapshot of the students’ “sorting rules.” This feedback allows the teacher to determine quickly whether, how, and how well students understand “what goes with what.” The Categorizing Grid prompts students to make explicit the implicit rules they are using to categorize information in their memories. As a consequence, it gives learners the opportunity to rethink and revise their categorizing rules. By making these implicit ways of organizing explicit, students and teachers can gain more control over what is remembered, how it is remembered, and how well it can be recalled when needed." — Classroom Assessment Techniques, Angelo, TA and Cross, KP, 1993 |