Effective Assessment Practices
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?
This term has many definitions; but a centralized that is "gathering information to improve institutional practices".
What is "Assessment"?
The general disposition one has towards a group of people, organizations, institutions, and so on.
What is "attitude"?
What is Validity?
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"?
This is what is used when using a number of items to measure attitude.
What is "attitude scale"?
These related terms describe the lowest possible score or rating of an assessment, and also the highest possible score or rating.
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"?
Feelings, actions, and potential actions are often questioned when this is measured.
What is "Attitudes"?
These yield evidence of student learning that is used to inform meaningful, substantive changes to teaching and learning.
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"?
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".
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"?
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"?
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"?