Classic Note Entries

Assessment and Accreditation

Linda Suskie

  • From "distribution" based model to "competency" based model (Gates)

some how the distribution model means student "select" from broad group of courses

Kuber-Ross (Death or Changes)

  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargaining
  • Depression
  • Acceptance

What is assessment ( teaching)

  • Deciding what we want our student to learn
  • Making sure they learn it.

High Expectations

  • We don't do it enough

General Education

  • She says we need to do this
  • 20 - 80 rule ( 20 percent of the courses provide 80% of gen-ed. [ focus here ]

Distributed Education

  • Does this mean that students are going to be learning from **MANY** places?

What do you need to know

  • Knowledge and understanding
  • Skills
  • Attitudes and dispositions

ABC

  • audieance
  • behavior
  • content

Common Program Outcomes

  • Writing in the discipline
  • Critical analysis
  • Information Literacy (critical thinking? Way beyond library resources)
  • Teamwork

What is the spectrum of objectives

  • thinking > adding 2 numbers
  • rubrics

What is a good learning goal

  • Outcomes - what graduates should be able to do
  • Clear - no fuzzy goals
  • Observable - what students should be able to do ( attitudes and values ? )
  • Skills and /or attitudes/values
  • Important - meet student employee needs