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Direct linkBanta, Trudy W., Ed. – Assessment Update, 2012
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) A "Wisdom of Crowds" Approach to Outcomes Assessment (Gregory Burton); (2) Editor's Notes: Collective Assessment and DQP Follow-Up (Trudy W. Banta); (3) Satisfaction with Data Management Systems in Standards-Based Alignment (Brett Everhart and Jeanne M.…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Internship Programs, Program Evaluation, Community Colleges
Banta, Trudy W., Ed. – Assessment Update, 2012
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Mission Accomplished! The Development of a Competence-based E-portfolio Assessment Model (Shelley Schuurman, Scott Berlin, Jamie Langlois, and Julie Guevara); (2) The Third Rail of Assessment--Dangerous but Powerful (Dale L. Mort); (3) Video Killed the Radio…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Electronic Publishing, Video Technology, Program Evaluation
Massey, Jennifer; Gouthro, Karla – Assessment Update, 2011
The Community Outreach Centre (COC) is part of the Community Development portfolio in the Division of Student Affairs at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It opened in fall 2007 as a resource and support centre for students who live off campus. The overarching goal of the centre is to cultivate community among off-campus students…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Focus Groups, Community Involvement, Program Effectiveness
Griffin, Merilee – Assessment Update, 2009
In this article, the author discusses what rubric really is. A rubric is not a technical specification nor is it a checklist for ailing student performances in need of therapy. It is the finest description of what teachers think is important for their students right now, in the service of their learning. Most important, it is a statement of their…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Program Evaluation, Teaching (Occupation), Values
Axelson, Rick D.; Flick, Arend – Assessment Update, 2009
At a recent assessment workshop, one of the authors' colleagues, Andrew Stuart Bergerson, offered a novel metaphor for building their university's assessment program. "We need to spread the assessment virus on campus," Drew remarked, half seriously. Although they had a good laugh over this image at the time, it encapsulates the faculty-driven…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Program Evaluation
Cluphf, David J.; Lox, Curt L. – Assessment Update, 2009
The purpose of this study was to use journal feedback from student teachers to understand and document how well the Physical Education-Teacher Education (PETE) program prepares teacher candidates in relation to the three primary goals of the PETE program. Analysis of the journals revealed areas of merit and concern for the PETE faculty. The most…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Physical Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes
Jorgensen, Marcus – Assessment Update, 2008
In the author's position as director of institutional effectiveness and currently as a department assessment chair, he relates that he has found it useful to use an analogy between flossing one's teeth and instituting assessment. There are more similarities between flossing and assessment than one might imagine. In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Institutional Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Logical Thinking
Upton, Thomas A. – Assessment Update, 2007
Since the establishment of the English as a Second Language (ESL) Program of the Department of English in the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in 1985, student enrollments, student needs, program policies, course curriculum, and testing procedures had all seen significant changes. However, there…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Second Language Learning, Testing, Program Effectiveness
Jones, Peter R.; Laufgraben, Jodi Levine; Morris, Nancy – Assessment Update, 2005
Learning communities have been in operation at Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) since 1993. The goals of the program focus primarily on the creation of stronger social bonds among students as well as enhanced interaction within the classroom. The learning community approach attempts to foster an intellectual environment within which…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Learning Experience, College Environment
Farmer, Yvette – Assessment Update, 2005
One of the author's first assessment experiences at California State University, Sacramento, began when she was assigned to teach a graduate-level program evaluation research course in the Division of Criminal Justice. The chair of the assessment committee and the division chair approached her with the idea of conducting an assessment of the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Evaluation Research, Program Evaluation, Research Projects
Martin, Rosalind Perry – Assessment Update, 2005
Employing a graduate assistant in the assessment process can be rewarding for both the student and the academic department. This article describes the skills, challenges, and rewards of the author's work on program assessment in the Interdisciplinary Technology Department at Eastern Michigan University. The author hopes to provide some insights…
Descriptors: Research Assistants, Program Effectiveness, College Outcomes Assessment, Graduate Students
Dodeen, Hamzeh – Assessment Update, 2004
In the fourth year (2002-2003) of the assessment effort at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), several programs have finished the first complete cycle of assessing selected outcomes. Faculty in these programs have finished analyzing data from a variety of valid and reliable sources, reviewed and compared assessment results, provided…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, College Faculty, Higher Education
