Designing Assessments That Cultivate Rigorous Creativity

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Channel: The University of Chicago · 2015 · Education

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In this Arts of Teaching sequel to “Cultivating Rigorous Creativity” (Fall 2014), participants will design and workshop a sample assessment that cultivates creative as well as critical thinking.   In preparation for this workshop, all participants will read and annotate a text of their own choosing and then design a prompt, model, and rubric for an assignment on the chosen text.  During the workshop, participants will examine the assignments to determine their effectiveness.  Each participant will leave the workshop with a polished assessment that demands rigorous creative thinking.  
Led by Mark Maxwell, English and Fine Arts, Rolling Meadows High School.  Mr. Maxwell is the author of the novel Nixoncarver (St. Martin's Press) and several short stories, and many of his students have gone on to publish their own creative writing.

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