Learning outcome:
- LO1: Review examples of assignments from different disciplinary fields to guide effective assignment creation.
What makes a bad assignment?
Think about your experience as a teacher or student creating or completing various assignments. What are the common mistakes that instructors make when designing assignments? What are some of the reasons that students find an assignment confusing or difficult to complete (based on the instructions provided)? What are the specific criteria by which instructors can measure their own assignments to make sure that they are in alignment with the goals they mean to test?
