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Oral Defense Assessment Card

Oral defense helps instructors assess whether learners understand and own the work they submit.

Research brief

Assessment purpose

Oral defense is useful when final artifacts may be AI-assisted and instructors need evidence of reasoning, choices, and ownership.

Evidence signals

Signals include explanation quality, response to probing questions, transfer to a related case, and clarity about AI assistance.

Validity questions

Teams should define accommodations, scoring rubrics, question banks, and expectations for AI-use disclosure before deployment.

Published by Quantum Learning Machines · 2026-06-02

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