Alternatives to Timed Exams

Workshop Slides for Alternatives to Timed Exams

Alternatives to Standardized STEM Testing | STEM Sports

Alternatives to Traditional Exams as Measures of Student Learning Outcomes | The Scholarly Teacher

Assessing Student Learning: Alternatives to Closed Book Exams | Wake Forest University Center for the Advancement of Teaching

Moving Away from High-Stakes Exams | University of Arizona Digital Learning

Testing Alternatives | University of California Davis

Sample Assignments 

Consolidation Assignment | Inma Ibanez-Casas, SUNY Plattsburgh

E-Portfolio Assignment | Breanna Boppre, Sam Houston State University

Infographic | Susi Styles, Nanyang Technological University

Infographic Assignment  | Breanna Boppre, Sam Houston State University 

Research Paper Alternatives | Breana Bayrakta, Northern Virginia Community College

Sample Student Work | Viji Sathy, University of North Carolina 

Science Learning Assessment Menu | Tai Munro

Some Authentic Assessment Activities | Michael Sanky, Griffith University

Further Reading 

Alternative Assessments | Ontario Tech University

Alternative Assessment of Active Learning | Active Learning in the Analytical Chemistry Curriculum 

Alternative Assessments to High-Stakes Exams | University of North Dakota Teaching Transformation and Development Academy

Alternatives to Traditional Exams and Papers | Indiana University Bloomington, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning

Alternatives to Traditional Testing | University of California Berkeley Center for Teaching and Learning

Collaborative Exams: Cheating? Or Learning? | American Journal of Physics

Creating Authentic Assessments | University of Michigan Online Teaching

Exams as Learning Tools: A Comparison of Traditional and Collaborative Assessment in Higher Education | College Teaching

Five Reasons to Stop Giving Exams in Class | Faculty Focus

Four Empirically Based Reasons Not to Administer Time-Based Tests | Translational Issues in Psychological Science

Rethinking Assessment: Replacing Traditional Exams with Paper Reviews | Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 

Speak Up! Oral Examinations and Political Science | Journal of Political Science Education 

Tips for Creating Open-Book Exams | Indiana University Bloomington Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning

Using Poster Sessions as an Alternative to Written Examinations: The Poster Exam | Journal of Chemical Education