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Assessment essentials : planning, implementing, and improving assessment in higher education /
A timely expansion to the essential higher education assessment text This second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes assessment in higher education. In this thoroughly revised edition, you will find, in a familiar framework, nearly a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education; Copyright; Contents; List of Exhibits and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Audience; The Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Defining Assessment; Some Definitions; Pioneering in Assessment; Quality Assurance: An International Perspective; Assessment Purposes; Values and Guiding Principles; Chapter 2: The Essentials of Assessment; Planning Effective Assessment; Engaging Stakeholders; Establishing Purpose; Designing a Thoughtful Approach to Assessment Planning; Creating a Written Plan.
- Timing Assessment Implementing Effective Assessment; Providing Leadership; Selecting or Designing Data Collection Approaches; Providing Resources; Educating Faculty and Staff; Assessing Resources and Processes as Well as Outcomes; Sharing Findings; Improving and Sustaining Assessment; Obtaining Credible Evidence; Ensuring the Use of Assessment Findings; Reexamining the Assessment Process; Additional Thoughts; Chapter 3: Engaging Faculty and Students in Assessment; Involving Faculty in Assessment; Faculty Responsibility; Assessment Resources for Faculty; Faculty Rewards.
- Maximizing the Role of Faculty and Faculty AcceptanceSome Stumbling Blocks in Understanding Assessment; The Nature of Resistance; Involving Students in Assessment; Student Responsibility; Resources for Students; Student Rewards; Maximizing Student Acceptance of Assessment; Acting with Integrity; Chapter 4: Setting Expectations and Preparing to Select Measures; Intentions for Learning: Goals, Objectives, Outcomes; Defining Terms; Learning Taxonomies; Developing Statements of Expectations; Statement Content; Curriculum Maps; Using Matrices and Other Tools; Selecting Methods and Approaches.
- Inventories of Existing ActivitiesDeveloping Criteria for Choosing Methods; An Overview of Methods; Use of Existing Information; Locally Developed versus Commercial Measures; Comparing Potential Methods to Criteria; Designing Instruments; Recognizing the Uniqueness of Designing Instruments for Assessment; Enlisting Help from Campus Experts; Enhancing Instrument Reliability and Validity; Determining Approaches for Implementation; Research Strategies; Identifying Eligible Participants; Sampling and Sample Size; Putting Everything Together; Chapter 5: Using Direct Measures.
- Using Classroom Assignments for Outcomes Assessment Performance Assessment; Types of Performance Assessment; Using Performance Measures for Outcomes Assessment; Designing Effective Assignments; Rubrics; VALUE Rubrics; Some Rubric Issues; Aggregating Assessment Results in and across Courses; Using Objective Tests for Outcomes Assessment; Advantages and Disadvantages of Objective Tests; Developing Good Tests and Writing Good Items; Implications for Students; Electronic Portfolios; Using E-Portfolios for Outcomes Assessment; Choices for E-Portfolios; Student Reflection; Scoring.