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
Debra Price, Instructor in Childhood Education and Family Studies, has received an Assessment Grant for her project Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board. This project will enhance student learning by allowing alumni and stakeholders to come together to review and make recommendations to improving the Family and Consumer Sciences Program at MSU. This project will be used … [Read more...] about Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board
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
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