Addresses issues ranging from assessment of the learning process to test design and student feedback.
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Presentations on Aspects of Assessment
Guidelines and Methods for Assessing Student Learning (ppt) - Karen Bauer and Gabriele Bauer, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, General Education Institute, July 2002.
Outlines characteristics of effective assessment, methods (e.g., CATs, rubrics), and guiding questions to design assessment.
Journaling and Rubrics - methods to assess critical thinking (ppt) - Kathleen Pusecker, Office of Educational Assessment and Gabriele Bauer, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, Winter Faculty Institute, 2006.
Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique - IF-AT (Please read Information form) (doc)
Innovative multiple-choice assessment tool that gives students immediate affirmation and/or corrective feedback on their knowledge, ensuring that a student's last response is the correct one. It also allows instructors to give partial credit for proximate knowledge. IF-AT can be used for formative feedback and testing.
Reference: Epstein Educational Enterprises (and published research)
White, Harold, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UD, article on IFAT, Generating discussion during examinations in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 33(5), pp. 361-362, 2005. (pdf)
CTE makes IFAT forms available to UD faculty at no cost. In order to achieve maximum use, CTE requests the following:
Use IF-AT forms for group testing rather than individual testing.
Request IF-AT forms for one course per semester.
Use the IFAT until all 50 items on the form have been scored.
To request IF-AT forms: email Sheila Warren, CTE staff assistant or call 831-2027.
Assessment Materials, Peggy L. Maki, Ph.D., Presenter, General Education Institute, June 2004, University of Delaware
General Education: Assessing our Complex Expectations for Student Learning (ppt)
Provides overview of learning and assessment principles and considerations.
From Outcomes to Evidence of Learning (ppt)
Describes how to develop learning outcome statements and design assessment methods that reflect the learning outcomes.
Sample Learning Outcomes Statement, Geography (.doc)
Questions to Develop Inventory for Assessment (.doc)
Sample Curricular Assessment Plan, Business Administration (.xls)
Sample Rubrics
Information Literacy Scoring Rubric (.doc)
Quantitative Reasoning Scoring Rubric (.doc)
Primary Trait Scoring Form for Senior Thesis, Psychology (.doc)
Rubric Development, New Measure, Inc.
Equips teachers and instructional designers with standards-based curriculum/assessment tools and classroom practices. Mostly focused on K-12; rubric design principles apply to higher education setting. (.doc)
Using Rubrics for Grading Purposes (pdf), University of Delaware Writing Center, 2004.
Rubric for Rubrics - a tool for assessing the quality and use of rubrics in education, Mullinix, B., Monmouth University, 2003.
Select Assessment Methods
Classroom Assessment Overview - collect feedback, early and frequent, on how well students are learning the course material.
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) provided by Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) provided by Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide for science, math, engineering, and technology instructors, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Designing Multiple Choice Questions
Provides guidelines, tips, and examples for constructing effective multiple choice questions that measure different levels of student learning. Questions are constructed at various levels of Bloom's Taxonomy:
- Knowledge: Recognize, recall facts, principles, theories
- Comprehension: Describe in one own's words, provide examples
- Application: Use material in new ways, apply concepts in practical situations to solve problems
- Analysis: Break material into its components, drawing comparisons
- Synthesis: Combine parts into a new whole
- Evaluation: Judge or make a decision based on appropriate criteria
Publications re Accreditation and Student Learning - Middle States Commission on Higher Education (free online resource)
Advancing Student Learning (2004) 8 pgs. ( pdf )
Highlights and a summary of the handbook, Student Learning Assessment: Options & Resources, 2003.
Special Reports by Other Organizations
Regional Accreditation and Student Learning ( pdf )...and a selected bibliography ( pdf )
Select Print Resources
National Postsecondary Education Assessment Sourcebooks (free of charge)
Volume 1 - Definitions and Assessment Measures for Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, and Writing (pdf)
Volume 2 - Definitions and Assessment Measures for Oral Communication, Interpersonal, Leadership, Information Literacy, and Quantitative Reasoning/Computational Skills (pdf)
Outcomes Assessment
Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment, University Planning & Analysis, NC State University.
Outcomes Assessment - Using assessment for academic program improvement, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
