One topic of conversation at the September Assessment Council meeting was a finding from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) showing that MSU students feel they're getting less timely feedback on papers and assignments than their peers at other schools. Articles about how social media and phone use set students' expectations are a dime a dozen, but one faculty … [Read more...] about Defining student expectations for instructor feedback
Every semester after classes start and students have had a chance to catch their breath, the University Exit Survey (UES) appears in Blackboard to students with over 102 credit hours. It's a long-standing graduation requirement known until this semester as the University Exit Exam (UEE). However, after removing the actual exam content from the process, the name was no longer a … [Read more...] about University Exit Survey opens with new name, revised content
Depending on the nature of the survey, response rates of three to five percent can be considered a success. And determining the "ideal" threshold of participants can be a surprisingly complicated process. But it's probably safe to say that you aren't going to find many survey authors who'd prefer fewer responses to more responses. And if you're conducting a survey with a small … [Read more...] about The Response Rate …and How to Get It
There's room for debate on what a "good" response rate is for a survey. But what if your audience isn't seeing it to begin with? The university learned long ago how to avoid important messages being flagged as junk or spam. But this semester marks the first time in three years when Assessment has conducted university-level surveys using email. And although the precaution of … [Read more...] about “Neither a spammer nor a clutterer be.”
As part of its commitment to include student views in assessing the effectiveness of general education at Missouri State, we asked students who were enrolled in courses from the Human Cultures and Information Literacy sections of the curriculum if they thought their respective course was effective at teaching its goals and how important the students considered those … [Read more...] about General Education Attitudes: Human Cultures, Information Literacy