Dr. David Rohall, Department Head of Sociology and Anthropology, received an Assessment Grant for his project Initial Assessment of the Value of Program-Level Career Training. In the capstone class, a Pearson product called Foliotek will be added. Foliotek is designed to help students learn how to prepare for the job search. Instructors can monitor students' work in the … [Read more...] about Initial Assessment of the Value of Program-Level Career Training
Dr. Avery Russell, Assistant Professor of Biology received an Assessment Grant for his project, Toward Enhanced Teaching of Evolution: Supervised Peer-Mentoring by Graduate Students. This project will allow graduate students taking BIO 515/616 (Evolution) to become peer mentors. Prior to each weekly Recitation, peer mentors will learn the material with the opportunity to ask … [Read more...] about Toward Enhanced Teaching of Evolution: Supervised Peer-Mentoring by Graduate Students
Members of Assessment Council had their second meeting of the semester this past Tuesday. Assessment Council is a provost's council which meets monthly throughout the academic year. The Office of Assessment sent the council the information below as a follow up: We sent out NSSE reports to those who asked on Tuesday. If you are interested but had not requested anything, … [Read more...] about What’s going on in Assessment?
Congratulations to Professor Lindsey Taggart, who has recently been awarded an assessment grant to benefit University Libraries. Funding from this grant will allow Taggart to incentivize student leadership in two focus groups here at MSU over the coming academic year. With the support of the assessment grant, University Libraries will be able to fund a student’s presentation … [Read more...] about Evidence-Based Inquiry Using Student-Led Focus Groups
Dr. Jeanie Skibiski: Assessment of Learning in the Rural Anesthesia Rotation Dr. Jeanie Skibiski, Assistant Professor in the School of Anesthesia, received an Assessment Grant for her project, Assessment of Learning in the Rural Anesthesia Rotation. This project will enhance student learning by identifying common rural anesthesia clinical experiences and what experiences … [Read more...] about Assessment of Learning in the Rural Anesthesia Rotation