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Assessment
Primer
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“If you don't know
where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” – Yogi
Berra
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Various aspects of student learning outcomes assessment
are described in the Assessment Primer section menu items presented. Within
each section you will be provided with navigation choices to progress
from page-to-page or section-to-section. However, you can
always click on an Assessment Primer menu section item to navigate
directly to that particular area of interest.
Questions which assessment helps address:
- We are spending time and resources trying to achieve student
learning – is it working?
- When we claim to be graduating students with qualities like “critical
thinking” or “scientific literacy”, do we have
evidence of our claims?
- We have the impression that our students are weak in areas
X – would more systematic research back up this impression
and help us understand the weaknesses more thoroughly?
- When we identify a weakness in our students’ learning,
how can we best address the problem?
- How can we improve learning most effectively in a time of tight
resources?
(Assessment Clear and Simple by Walvoord 2004)
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