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Author Rickards, William H

Title Evaluating Student Learning in Higher Education : New Directions for Evaluation, Number 151
Published Newark : Wiley, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (141 pages)
Series J-B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation
J-B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation
Contents Evaluating Student Learning in Higher Education: Beyond the Public Rhetoric; CONTENTS; EDITORS' NOTES; Brief Overview of the Chapters; References; 1 Higher Education Evaluation, Assessment, and Faculty Engagement; Assessment in Higher Education; Challenges; Learning From and Through Evaluation Practice in Higher Education; References; 2 Building Evaluation Capacity Through CLIPs: Communities of Learning, Inquiry, and Practice; Basic CLIP Model; Settings for Two Postsecondary CLIPs Applications; University of British Columbia Medical Education Program; Contrasting the Two Settings
Designs for Two CLIPs ApproachesA Dialogue About CLIPs Guiding Principles; 1. Ensure that CLIPs Ask Questions About Their Own Work that Matter to Them; 2. Foster a Safe, Hospitable, and Flexible Environment for Inquiry; 3. Create Authentic, Open-Minded Dialogue that Reflects Diverse Perspectives; 4. Structure the CLIPs Process to Generate Sustained, Renewing, Inquiry-Based Practice; 5. Provide Participants with Tailored Evaluation Coaching Specific to Their Needs; 6. Engender Simplicity and Empowerment
7. Build Connections Among the CLIPs and Between the CLIPs Process and the Organization's Overall Goals and Evaluation Plans and Rhythms of the OrganizationSummary and Conclusion; References; 3 Evaluating a General Education Program in Transition; Context; General Education Program Context; Institutional Context; Local Stakeholders; Case Study Narrative; Developing Learning Outcomes for the Program; First Effort at Data Collection; Beginning of Transition: A New Provost; The "Grand Challenge" First-Year Seminar Innovation; General Education Committee Engagement with Transition
Status of the Transition and the Central Role of AssessmentContributions of Evaluation Theory and Methods to Assessment; Utilization Focus; Stakeholder Conflict; How General Education Assessment Experience Can Inform Evaluation; Value on Learning; Home of the Paradigm Wars; Measuring What Matters; Leading from Behind; Conclusions; References; 4 Engaging Faculty in an Evaluative Conversation; To Begin; Context and Perspective; Data-Based Discussions and Higher Education Curriculum Development; Program Context; Approach and Method; Results; Descriptive Reporting; Critique and Reflection
Engaging the Evaluative Conversation: Rethinking Evaluation ReportingConcluding Observations; References; 5 Assessment Capacity Building at a Research University; Method; ECB Need-Why; ECB Activities-What and How; Evaluation of ECB; Results; Individual-Level Outcomes; Organizational and Program Outcomes; Relationships Between ECB and Outcomes; Discussion; Effective ECB in Higher Education; References; 6 Implementing Pre-Post Test Designs in Higher Education Evaluations; Academic Setting; Broad Mission; Course-Level Evaluations; Innovations in Grading Techniques: The Biopsychology Course
Notes Different Teaching Environments: The Psychology of Happiness Course
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Subject Universities and colleges -- Examinations.
College students -- Rating of.
College teaching -- Evaluation
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher -- Evaluation
College students -- Rating of
College teaching -- Evaluation
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
Education, Higher -- Evaluation
Universities and colleges
Genre/Form Examinations
Form Electronic book
Author Stitt-Bergh, Monica
ISBN 9781119316657
1119316650