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New Ways to Measure Student Learning
The Educated Person
The Research University
The Good Student
Hodgepodge
100
A digital archive of tests, papers, lab reports, and other artifacts, accompanied by teachers’ grades and the student’s own appraisal of what she has learned.
What is an e-portfolio?
100
An education that exposes students to a wide breadth of courses, perspectives, and educational experiences designed to equip them with the essential skills and learning necessary to thrive and succeed throughout their lives.
What is a liberal education?
100
The academic disciplines that study human thought and experience through the written record of what people have thought, felt or experienced in a variety of cultures. Subject areas include languages, literature, philosophy, history, and religion.
What are the humanities?
100
Searching the Shadows
What is looking closer and deeper to get the whole picture. Practice this by asking questions and trying new things before judging or forming your opinion.
100
Cedric writes an epic poem for this class.
What is education class?
200
A unit of measurement awarded to college students for completing academic courses.
What is a credit hour?
200
The ability to convey meaningful information verbally and in writing.
What are oral and written communication skills?
200
The academic disciplines that study people and their behavior from a variety of perspectives: as individuals (psychology), within social groups (sociology, ethnic studies), within cultures (anthropology), within social structures (education), or even as economic and political entities (economics, political science, global studies).
What are the social sciences?
200
Rethinking the Myths
What is being open minded and examining beliefs and assumptions that have been acquired from parents, community institutions, and popular culture?
200
Do a “mind dump,” do the easy problems first, read each question carefully, and answer all the questions!
What are test taking tips?
300
Examples include learning communities, undergraduate research, and study abroad.
What are high impact practices?
300
Reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do or the process of suspending your beliefs and authentically looking at other options.
What is critical thinking?
300
The academic disciplines that create systems for describing the physical world or human behavior in abstract or mathematical terms subject areas include mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
What are quantitative studies?
300
Making Connections
What is linking together what you’re learning in different academic disciplines?
300
An assessment to help students discover their interests, preferences, and personal styles so they can select classes or choose a career they can be passionate about.
What is the Strong Interest Inventory?
400
Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
What are major tests to measure student learning?
400
The moral code or ethical policy of academia. This includes values such as avoidance of cheating or plagiarism.
What is academic integrity?
400
The way most research is shared with other researchers. Usually a monthly or quarterly publication that features write-ups of the latest studies that have been done in a particular field.
What are scholarly journals?
400
Dealing with Uncertainty
What is becoming comfortable with not always having a “right answer”?
400
An organization operated by students at a university whose membership normally only consists of students. They often aim to facilitate a particular activity or promote a belief system.
What is a student organization?
500
Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Natural World, Intellectual and Practical skills, Personal and Social Responsibility, Integrative Learning
What are Essential Learning Outcomes for College Students?
500
Understanding the relationship between various disciplines and how they can strengthen and enliven each other.
What is integrative learning?
500
A “final paper” exemplifying research skills and expertise. Every Ph.D. program around the globe requires doctoral students to do extensive study in their discipline and then to choose a very narrow area in which to focus their research.
What is a doctoral dissertation?
500
Reflecting
What is analyzing what you’ve learned and rethinking your thoughts, words, and actions?
500
A searchable, electronic catalog or index that contains information about published items, usually from a specific academic discipline.
What is a library database?