Effective Assessment Practices
Understanding Program Assessments
Measuring Attitude
100

Capstone experiences, student reflections on their values and attitudes , course grades and test grades are examples of what kind of assessments?

What are direct and indirect assessments?

100

This term has many definitions; but a centralized that is "gathering information to improve institutional practices".

What is "Assessment"?

100

The general disposition one has towards a group of people, organizations, institutions, and so on. 

What is "attitude"?

200
Refers to the usefulness of information on whatever an assessment is intended to assess. 

What is Validity?

200

This assessment focuses on assessing student learning and experience to determine whether students have acquired the skills, knowledge, and competencies associated with their program of study. 

What is "Program Assessment"?

200

This is what is used when using a number of items to measure attitude.

What is "attitude scale"?

300

These related terms describe the lowest possible score or rating of an assessment, and also the highest possible score or rating.

What is "floor" and "ceiling". 
300

The three types of learning objectives within program assessment that reflect the different aspects of student learning.

What are the "Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Objectives"?

300

Feelings, actions, and potential actions are often questioned when this is measured.

What is "Attitudes"?

400

These yield evidence of student learning that is used to inform meaningful, substantive changes to teaching and learning. 

What are "Effective Assessment Practices"?
400

These evaluations can be an effective way to collect information on students when they enter and leave a particular program.

What are "Pre/Post Tests"?

400

This is the most widely used method of assessment, offering a range of response options like strongly disagree, disagree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree. 

What is the "Likert Scale". 

500

This error occurs when faculty and staff let their general impression of a student influence their ratings, for example, giving higher ratings to a student who seeks extra help or lower ratings to a student who is quiet in class

What is "the halo effect bias"?

500

This idea is a well known description of levels of educational objectives; very helpful to use when defining your own objectives/.

What is "Bloom's Taxonomy"?

500

In the 1930's, this person advocated the use of items that ask respondents to indicate the extent to which they agree or disagree with statements.

Who is "Rensis Likert"?

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