assessment
What pre and post tests cannot tell you: A critical review of a widely-used but poorly-understood assessment method
This is the first of two articles about assessment, exploring the limitations and misuse of pre and post tests. The second article examines the framework used by The Geneva Learning Foundation to overcome the limitations described here. The reassuring illusion of the knowledge quiz Imagine a two-day workshop on menopause for healthcare providers. Before the…
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What is a “rubric” and why use rubrics in global health education?
Rubrics are well-established, evidence-based tools in education, but largely unknown in global health. At the Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF), the rubric is a key tool that we use – as part of a comprehensive package of interventions – to transform high-cost, low-volume training dependent on the limited availability of global experts into scalable peer learning to improve access, quality, and outcomes.…
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