Shifting the balance between teaching and learning: integrating assessment into the dynamic classroom

How we do it in higher education

• It can focus on the teacher and the content
• Students are often passive in the classroom
• Our teaching often doesn’t capitalise on our enhanced knowledge of learning and modern technology.

But where active methods are used, there is good evidence of improved learning:
Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering,
and mathematics
Scott Freemana,1, Sarah L. Eddya, Miles McDonougha, Michelle K. Smithb, Nnadozie Okoroafora, Hannah Jordta, and Mary Pat Wenderotha