"Raise Your Voice": Effects of Classroom Assessment Intervention on Student Outcomes (Poster 53)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Six
  In Poster Session: Tools and Strategies in Classroom Assessment

Abstract

The current study examined the effects of a classroom intervention that engages student voice in assessment on student perceptions of power, motivation, and attitudes towards assessment in a STEM context. This longitudinal survey followed first-year students enrolled in a STEM cluster course (n=240). Half of all discussion sections were randomly assigned to the intervention group in Winter; here, Teaching Assistant solicited student voice in participation grading criteria. Linear mixed models were used to analyze effects of the intervention. For all students, perceptions of power increased over time while motivation orientations and grades significantly decreased from Fall to Spring. The intervention had significant impact on first-generation students and those whose TA changed from Fall to Winter.

Author

• Manisha Kaur Chase, California State University - Northridge
  Presenting Author