Learning Assessment Techniques : a Handbook for College Faculty.

Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty -- Contents -- Preface -- Connecting Classroom Teaching and Assessment -- Classroom Assessment Reconsidered -- Learning Assessment Techniques -- Overview of the Book -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- The Authors -- Introduction: Conceptual Framework -- How Can We Best Teach to Promote Learning? -- What Does Research Tell Us About Effective Pedagogy? -- What Is a Learning Assessment Technique (LAT)? -- How Do LATs Support the Kind of Teaching that Promotes Significant Learning? -- Identifying Significant Learning Goals -- Implementing an Effective Learning Activity -- Producing an Assessable Learning Artifact -- Analyzing and Reporting Learning Outcomes for Multiple Stakeholders -- The LAT Cycle -- Conclusion -- Part One: The Learning Assessment Techniques Cycle -- Chapter 1: Clarifying What You Want Students to Learn -- 1.1 Defining Learning -- 1.2 Aiming for Significant Learning -- 1.3 Using the Learning Goals Inventory (LGI) to Identify Significant Learning Goals -- 1.4 Expressing What You Want Students to Learn in Language that Is Helpful for Assessment -- 1.5 Identifying Course-Level Learning Goals -- Considering Externally Mandated or Recommended Learning Goals -- Considering Students' Learning Goals -- 1.6 Considering the Challenges Related to Course Learning Objectives and Outcomes -- 1.7 Determining Course-Level Learning Objectives -- 1.8 Identifying Course-Level Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) -- 1.9 Differentiating Between Learning Objectives and Learning Outcomes -- 1.10 Crafting a Course Learning Outcome Statement -- 1.11 Determining Performance Standards for Individuals and the Class as a Whole -- Assessing Achievement of Individual Students -- Assessing Achievement at the Course Level -- 1.12 Is All the Work Required Worth the Effort?

Chapter 2: Determining Your Purpose for Assessing Student Learning -- 2.1 Defining Assessment -- 2.2 How Learning Assessment Is Different from Grading -- 2.3 Types of Learning Assessment -- 2.4 Assessing Students to Determine for Ourselves How Well Students Are Learning -- 2.5 Assessing to Give Learners Feedback on Their Progress -- 2.6 Assessing Learning to Improve Our Profession through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) -- 2.7 Assessing to Provide Information to Institutional and External Stakeholders on How Well Students Are Learning -- 2.8 Crafting the Assessment Question -- Chapter 3: Selecting a Learning Assessment Technique -- 3.1 Using the Learning Goals Inventory (LGI) -- 3.2 Considering Instructional Context When Choosing a LAT -- Traditional Classroom -- Online Classes -- Collaborative Classrooms -- Flipped Classroom -- Large Classes -- 3.3 Key Instructional Elements to Consider -- 3.4 Considering Clustering Multiple LATs Together -- Chapter 4: Implementing a Learning Assessment Technique -- 4.1 Creating Assessment Rubrics -- 4.2 Creating Student Self-Evaluation Forms -- 4.3 Creating Peer Evaluation Forms -- 4.4 Introducing the Activity -- 4.5 Providing Students with Information They Need About the Learning Assessment -- 4.6 Facilitating the Learning Assessment -- 4.7 Concluding the Activity -- 4.8 Timing the Phases -- 4.9 Collecting the Learning Artifacts -- 4.10 Managing the Learning Artifacts -- Chapter 5: Analyzing and Reporting What Students Have Learned -- 5.1 Identifying Whose Learning You Are Gauging -- 5.2 Considering Independent and Collaborative Data Analysis -- 5.3 Scoring Individual Learning Artifacts -- 5.4 Scoring Group Artifacts -- 5.5 Determining the Method of Data Analysis -- 5.6 Using Quantitative Data Analysis -- 5.7 Using Qualitative Data Analysis -- Key Word Analysis -- Thematic Analysis.

Cross-Case Comparisons -- 5.8 Displaying Data and Findings -- Quantitative Data Display -- Spreadsheet Sorted Display -- Numeric Table -- Pie Chart -- Bar or Column Graph -- Histogram -- Line Graph -- Qualitative Data Display -- Narrative Table -- Word Cloud -- Boxed Display -- Flow Chart -- Modified Venn Diagram -- Network -- 5.9 Interpreting Results -- 5.10 Writing Up the Results of the Assessment -- Case Presentation -- The Learning Assessment Technique Matrix -- Chapter 6: Closing the Loop -- 6.1 Modifying Your Learning Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes -- 6.2 Adjusting Your Purpose for Assessing Learning -- 6.3 Selecting a Different LAT -- 6.4 Altering an Aspect of Implementation -- 6.5 Changing the Way You Analyze or Report Findings -- Part Two: Learning Assessment Techniques -- Chapter 7: Teaching and Assessing for the Foundational Knowledge Domain -- Clarifying Learning Goals Related to Foundational Knowledge -- Identifying Learning Outcomes for Foundational Knowledge -- Aligning Course Level Foundational Knowledge Learning Outcomes with Institutional Learning Goals -- Assessing Achievement of Foundational Knowledge Learning Outcomes -- Conclusion -- 1: First Day Final -- Brief Description -- Purpose and Use -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 2: Background Knowledge Probe -- Brief Description -- Purpose and Use -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 3: Entry and Exit Tickets -- Brief Description -- Purposes -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 4: Guided Reading Notes -- Brief Description -- Purposes -- Key Learning Goals.

Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 5: Comprehensive Factors List -- Brief Description -- Purposes -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 6: Quick Write -- Brief Description -- Purposes -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 7: Best Summary -- Brief Description -- Purposes -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 8: Snap Shots -- Brief Description -- Purpose -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 9: Team Tests -- Brief Description -- Purpose -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 10: Team Games Tournament -- Brief Description -- Purposes -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- Chapter 8: Teaching and Assessing for the Application Learning Domain -- Clarifying Learning Goals Related to Application Learning -- Skills Goals -- Critical, Creative, and Practical Thinking Goals -- Critical Thinking -- Creative Thinking -- Practical Thinking -- Identifying Learning Outcomes for Application Learning -- Aligning Course Level Application Learning Outcomes with Institutional Learning Goals -- Assessing Achievement of Application Learning Outcomes -- Assessing Skills Learning Outcomes -- Assessing Thinking Learning Outcomes -- Conclusion -- 11: Prediction Guide.

Brief Description -- Purpose and Use -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 12: Fact or Opinion -- Brief Description -- Purpose and Use -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 13: Quotation Commentaries -- Brief Description -- Purposes -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 14: Insights-Resources-Application (IRA) -- Brief Description -- Purpose -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 15: Consider This -- Brief Description -- Purpose -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key Reference and Resource -- 16: What's the Problem? -- Brief Description -- Purpose -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 17: Think-Aloud Problem-Solving Protocols (TAPPs) -- Brief Description -- Purpose -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 18: Peer Problem Review -- Brief Description -- Purpose -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 19: Triple Jump -- Description -- Purpose -- Key Learning Goals -- Implementation -- Analysis and Reporting -- Examples -- Variations and Extensions -- Key References and Resources -- 20: Digital Projects -- Brief Description -- Purpose -- Key Learning Goals.

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