Assessing Student Learning in the Disciplines
Assessment Update Collections
Published on 5. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-0-7879-9572-0 (ISBN)
Description
Because faculty members' thinking is immersed in the discipline(s) they teach, it often makes good sense to begin an assessment initiative at a college or university by focusing on student learning in the discipline, or academic major. This new issue illustrates how assessment initiatives focused in that fashion can be the starting point of a successful institutional assessment program. Methods range from faculty-developed comprehensive exams to computer simulations, from patient-actors to electronic portfolios. Disciplines represented include political science, psychology, sociology, nursing, teacher education, social work, engineering and technology, business, history, urban studies and planning, communications, and fitness/wellness.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
116 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-9572-0 (9780787995720)
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Trudy W. Banta has written or edited 15 published volumes on assessment, contributed 26 chapters to other published works, and written more than 200 articles and reports on the topic. She is the founding editor of award-winning Assessment Update, a bimonthly Jossy-Bass periodical published since 1989. The?recipient of seven national awards for her work, Banta has consulted with faculty and administrators in 46 states and numerous countrieson the topic of outcomes assessment and has developed, coordinated, and given invited addresses at numerous national and international conferences.
Content
Introduction: Assessing Student Learning in the Disciplines (Trudy W. Banta). Faculty Development for Assessment.
The Way to a Faculty Member's Head is through the Discipline (Barbara D. Wright).
Assessment in the Major: Response to a State Initiative (Trudy W. Banta).
Student Competence as a Basis for Assessment.
Student Competence as the Basis for Designing Curricula, Instruction, and Assessment (Trudy W. Banta).
Agricultural Faculty Constructs Competence Matrix (Charles Cleland).
Faculty Evaluation of Student Work: Simple, Powerful, and Overlooked (David A. Shupe).
Assessment in Disciplines Subject to Accreditation.
Simulated Performance Assessment in a Community College Nursing Program (Gloria Goldman).
Competence-Based Curricula and Assessment: The Case of Teacher Education in Indiana (Karen Schmid, Susan J. Kiger).
Outcomes Assessment: Collaboration between Schools of Social Work (Roy W. Rodenhiser, Victoria Buchan).
Assessing Proficiency in Engineering and Technology within a Multidisciplinary Curriculum (James JF Forest, Bruce Keith).
Assessment Practices for Distance MBA Programs: A Snapshot (James A. McCambridge, Kathy L. Thornhill).
Assessment in Disciplines Not Subject to Accreditation.
Assessment of the Major at Virginia Commonwealth University: Two Examples (Barbara S. Fuhrmann).
Capstones and Quality: The Culminating Experience as Assessment (Billy Catchings).
Assessment Outcomes Confirm the Value of a University's Required Fitness/Wellness Course (Gwen C. Robbins, Debbie Powers, Jerry Rushton).
Assessment through the Senior Letter (Virginia McKinley, Spencer A. McWilliams).
Assessing Student Learning in Graduate Programs (Patricia D. Murphy).
Standardized Measures of Student Learning in the Major.
Public Reporting of Teacher Pass Rates: Anomaly or Precedent? (Peter T. Ewell).
The Way to a Faculty Member's Head is through the Discipline (Barbara D. Wright).
Assessment in the Major: Response to a State Initiative (Trudy W. Banta).
Student Competence as a Basis for Assessment.
Student Competence as the Basis for Designing Curricula, Instruction, and Assessment (Trudy W. Banta).
Agricultural Faculty Constructs Competence Matrix (Charles Cleland).
Faculty Evaluation of Student Work: Simple, Powerful, and Overlooked (David A. Shupe).
Assessment in Disciplines Subject to Accreditation.
Simulated Performance Assessment in a Community College Nursing Program (Gloria Goldman).
Competence-Based Curricula and Assessment: The Case of Teacher Education in Indiana (Karen Schmid, Susan J. Kiger).
Outcomes Assessment: Collaboration between Schools of Social Work (Roy W. Rodenhiser, Victoria Buchan).
Assessing Proficiency in Engineering and Technology within a Multidisciplinary Curriculum (James JF Forest, Bruce Keith).
Assessment Practices for Distance MBA Programs: A Snapshot (James A. McCambridge, Kathy L. Thornhill).
Assessment in Disciplines Not Subject to Accreditation.
Assessment of the Major at Virginia Commonwealth University: Two Examples (Barbara S. Fuhrmann).
Capstones and Quality: The Culminating Experience as Assessment (Billy Catchings).
Assessment Outcomes Confirm the Value of a University's Required Fitness/Wellness Course (Gwen C. Robbins, Debbie Powers, Jerry Rushton).
Assessment through the Senior Letter (Virginia McKinley, Spencer A. McWilliams).
Assessing Student Learning in Graduate Programs (Patricia D. Murphy).
Standardized Measures of Student Learning in the Major.
Public Reporting of Teacher Pass Rates: Anomaly or Precedent? (Peter T. Ewell).