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visual/spatial; 3) logical/mathematical 4) verbal/linguistic 5)
bodily/kinesthetic; 6) interpersonal; 7) intrapersonal; 8) naturalistic.
N
norm-referenced assessment: An
assessment designed to
discover how an individual student's performance or test result
compares to that of an appropriate peer group. (Compare
to criterion-referenced assessment.)
O
open-ended question: A question
that has many avenues of
access and allows students to respond in a variety of ways. Such
questions have more than one correct answer.
open-ended task: A performance task in which students are
required to generate a solution or response to a problem when there
is no single correct answer.
open-response task: A performance task in which students are
required to generate an answer rather
than select an answer from
among several possible answers, but
there is a single correct
response.
outcome-based education: An integrated system of educational
programs that aligns specific student outcomes,
instructional
methods, and assessment.
P
Pedagogy: The study of being a teacher,
or the process of
teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a
style of instruction. Pedagogy is also occasionally referred to as the
correct use of instructive strategies. In correlation with those
instructive strategies the instructor's own
philosophical beliefs of
instruction are harbored and governed by the pupil's background
knowledge
and experience, situation,
and environment, as well as
learning goals set by the student and teacher.