Learning assessment techniques : a handbook for college faculty

Publication Data

• Title Learning assessment techniques : a handbook for college faculty
• Author Elizabeth F. Barkley
• Contributor Claire Howell Major
• Publisher Jossey-Bass
• Publication date 2016
• Publication location San Francisco
• Language English

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Conceptual FrameworkHow Can We Best Teach to Promote Learning?

What Is a Learning Assessment Technique (LAT)?

How Do LATs Support the Kind of Teaching that Promotes Significant Learning?

Part One: The Learning Assessment Techniques Cycle

1 Step One: Clarifying What You Want Students to Learn

Defining Learning

Aiming for Significant Learning

Using the Learning Goals Inventory (LGI) to Identify Significant Learning Goals

Expressing What You Want Students to Learn in Language that Is Helpful for Assessment

Identifying Course-Level Goals

Considering the Challenges Related to Course Learning Objectives and Outcomes

Determining Course-Level Learning Objectives

Identifying Course-Level Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Differentiating Between Learning Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Crafting a Course Learning Outcome Statement

Determining Performance Criteria and Standards for Individuals and the Class as a Whole

Is All the Work Required Worth the Effort?

2 Step Two: Determining Your Purpose for Assessing Learning

Defining Assessment

How Learning Assessment Is Different from Grading

Types of Learning Assessment

Assessing Students to Determine for Ourselves How Well Students Are Learning

Assessing to Give Learners Feedback on Their Progress

Assessing to Improve Our Profession Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Assessing to Provide Information to Institutional and External Stakeholders on How Well Students Are Learning

Crafting the Assessment Question

3 Step Three: Selecting a LAT

Using the Learning Goals Inventory (LGI)

Considering Instructional Context When Choosing a LAT

Key Instructional Elements to Consider

Considering Clustering LATs Together

4 Step Four: Implementing the Learning Activities and Collecting the Learning ArtifactsCreating Assessment Rubrics

Creating Student Self-Evaluation Forms

Creating Peer Evaluation Forms

Introducing the Activity

Providing Students with Information They Need About the Learning Assessment

Facilitating the Learning Assessment

Concluding the Activity

Timing the Phases

Collecting the Learning Artifacts

Managing the Learning Artifacts

5 Analyzing and Reporting What Students Have LearnedIdentifying Whose Learning You Are Gauging

Considering Independent and Collaborative Data Analysis

Scoring Individual Learning Artifacts

Scoring Group Artifacts

Determining the Method of Data Analysis

Using Quantitative Data Analysis

Using Qualitative Data Analysis

Displaying the DataInterpreting the Results

Writing Up the Results of the Assessment

6 Closing the LoopModifying Your Learning Goals, Objectives

Topics

• College teaching :: Evaluation
• College students :: Rating of
• Learning :: Evaluation
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Learning assessment techniques : a handbook for college faculty by Elizabeth F. Barkley. ISBN 9781119050926. Published by Jossey-Bass in 2016. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.