Our goal in the Office of Assessment is to support faculty who are looking closely at student learning. Congratulations to these faculty currently working on projects. Dr. Alana Mantie-Kozlowski, Psychology: She was wanting supplies to facilitate “Support focus groups with students or alumni to ask questions related to program learning outcomes.” She indicated that she will … [Read more...] about How Faculty Assess Student Learning: Update and Progress
Our Assessment grants have been highlighted by external reviewers as being one of the biggest returns on investments related to assessment. This seed money support faculty, programs, departments, and colleges, incentives and acknowledges assessment of student learning projects, and provides important stories to accreditors on our assessment progress. Please … [Read more...] about Franklin’s Foresight
English Department, Technical and Professional Writing Program Assessment meeting: August 14, 2018 Faculty in attendance: Leslie Seawright, Tracy Dalton, and Rhonda Stanton Faculty preparing report: Leslie Seawright During the 2017-18 academic year, faculty teaching ENG 321 (Writing II: Beginning Technical Writing) in the English Department at Missouri State University … [Read more...] about Assessing General Education Goal 3.4: An English Department Perspective
It has been a busy week in the Office of Assessment at Missouri State. Since lists are a great way to digest what has been accomplished, I thought a quick, 10-item post about the latest Assessment happenings was just the thing to share. 1. I’ve spoken with, Director of Student Orientation, Joe Morris, about administering the Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement … [Read more...] about This Week in Assessment: April 19-24
By Dr. Stephen Berkwitz, Religious Studies, Department Head We started with these assessment tools/steps for the major for at least 15 years. We had something called a Form D—a one-page form for faculty to fill out about majors in their courses. At the end of every semester, faculty would get a substantial stack of papers with the names of majors written on them. We were … [Read more...] about The Story of Assessment of Student Learning in Religious Studies: Less Time-Consuming and More Meaningful