CAT #23, Directed Paraphrasing is an assessment that can be used to obtain feedback on your developmental students’ ability to summarize and restate important information.

CAT #23, Directed Paraphrasing is an assessment that can be used to obtain feedback on your developmental students’ ability to summarize and restate important information. It allows faculty to assess how well students have understood and internalized what they’ve learned. Information about CAT #23 can be found on pages 232 – 235 of the Angelo and Cross text.

In addition, the following short video clip provides an explanation and example of how an instructor might use directed paraphrasing to assess what students have learned.

To practice and become familiar with this assessment, you will do the following:

In no more than three to four sentences, paraphrase the “elements of effective learning environments as discussed in the Bear Assessment Article (see pages 643-644). Direct your response to 12th grade high school students (your audience).

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