CDLA · Module 3 — Outcomes and authentic assessment
Low-stakes checks teach; high-stakes gates certify. Do not make every screen a scored exam.
About 15 min
Practice in the lesson player
Sorting, matching, quizzes, and the module gate stay behind a free account so scored answers are not public. The teaching notes below are the same cited curriculum.
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Formative assessment gives feedback during learning — retries welcome, hints allowed, no certificate attached. Summative assessment (your module gate) decides whether to issue a credential. Mixing them confuses learners and inflates extraneous load when every quiz feels high-stakes.
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Try again with feedback: Wrong branch explains why, then lets retry.
Hints before score: First attempt is practice; gate is separate.
Retrieval without grade: Flash recap — Roediger-style — no LMS penalty.