Assessment

Tools for Assessing Intercultural and Global Competence

 

The AACU rubric, listed first below, is a framework to think about the knowledge, skills and perceptions or attitudes that are changed through international experience.  The next four tools are survey instruments to measure specific knowledge, perceptions, and skills.  These latter vary in what they target, although all involve self-report.  The last link includes some survey tools but toolkits for members of groups to work together on identifying the differences among them. Read more »

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Collecting Data about Student Learning

The links in this section provide guidance about data sources available for measurement of student learning for assessment or research.

Key Definitions & Frameworks

Data sources that are useful to consider in assessing student learning are:

  1. Evidence of learning outcomes

    Direct measures of learning

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Curriculum Design

The links in this section provide guidance for faculty who are undertaking curriculum design or revision.

Key Definitions & Frameworks

Click on the terms below to read more. Read more »

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Curricular Assessment and Evaluation

Provost Philip J. Hanlon's Statement on Assessment
 
In the past several years, there has been a great deal of national discussion about the assessment of student learning in higher education. Students, their parents, public officials, and others have posed questions about the value of higher education, focusing particularly on the value added at the individual level. It is important to consider the contributions higher education makes to society as well. The University of Michigan is committed to continually improving the learning environment for our students and faculty. The University also participates in national efforts to develop effective tools for assessing student learning.
 
This University of Michigan website on the assessment of student learning provides information about assessment and evaluation activities ranging from macro-level data about student experiences to departmental materials used in select, individual courses. I hope you will find the resources available here to be useful.
 

 

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Materials from the LSA Assessment Symposium

May 18, 2009

The Symposium brought together faculty from across LSA to highlight and disseminate assessment activities currently underway at the department and college levels, and to consider how to further embed assessment of student learning into the college culture. The resources and materials from Symposium listed below can be accessed from this page. Read more »

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