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Assurance of Learning Workshop

Assurance of Learning Workshop. PTEU August 26, 2003 Val Whittlesey, Bill Hill, & Ed Rugg Assurance of Learning Council. Goals for an Assessment Plan. To articulate as department members what our expected goals and outcomes are for our graduates

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Assurance of Learning Workshop

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  1. Assurance of Learning Workshop PTEU August 26, 2003 Val Whittlesey, Bill Hill, & Ed Rugg Assurance of Learning Council

  2. Goals for an Assessment Plan • To articulate as department members what our expected goals and outcomes are for our graduates • To evaluate whether we are accomplishing these goals through the curriculum as a whole and within courses that address specific outcomes

  3. Goals for an Assessment Plan (con’t) • To use assessment data to guide improvements/enhancements to the curriculum and instruction • To report to external stakeholders [students, employers, the Board of Regents, accreditation agencies (e.g., SACS)]

  4. Outline for the Workshop • To summarize the eight elements of assurance of learning planning and reporting • To summarize the Assurance of Learning action plan for Fall of 2003 • To summarize the role of the Assurance of Learning Council • To summarize changes in the SACS reaccreditation guidelines

  5. Last Spring’s Work • Formulation of the Assurance of Learning Council • Council developed eight elements for an effective assessment plan • Establishment of a link on the KSU Institutional Effectiveness website on “Assessing Student Outcomes” • Held an Assurance of Learning Workshop with a group of faculty from the College of Science & Mathematics

  6. Elements of an Effective Assessment Plan • Articulating Student Learning Outcomes • Connecting the Outcomes to the Curriculum • Connecting Outcomes with Assessment Methods • Articulating your Expected Results with Respect to the Outcomes • Articulating the Research/Assessment Plan for Collecting & Analyzing the Data • Collecting & Analyzing the Data • Comparing Actual Results with Expected Results • Using Results for Improvement

  7. Fall Semester Assurance of Learning (AOL) Foci • Focus on Element 1-Articulating Student Learning Outcomes • Focus on Element 2-Connecting Outcomes to the Curriculum • Note. Some programs may want to complete additional elements.

  8. Fall Assurance of Learning (AOL) Activities • Dissemination of Guidelines for Reporting Elements 1 & 2 of the Assurance of Learning Report • AOL Workshops with Each College, General Education, & University Studies • AOL Brown Bag Sessions • Draft of Elements 1 & 2 of the AOL Reports due Nov. 7 • Feedback from the AOL Council • Final Reports of Elements 1 & 2 of the AOL Reports due Dec. 31 • Academic Affairs/CETL Assessment Showcase on Feb. 25

  9. Element 1Articulating Student Learning Outcomes Three types of learning outcomes • Knowledge (K) • Skills/Proficiencies (S) • Attitudinally Based (A) Two specificities of learning outcomes • Broad learning outcomes • Specific learning outcomes

  10. Step 1- Articulating Student Learning Outcomes • Applying Bloom’s taxonomy (1956) • Original taxonomy divides thinking skills into lower and higher level knowledge, skills, and attitudes. • Anderson and Krathwohl (2001) have adapted Bloom’s model to more outcome-oriented, contemporary language. • Clark (2002) shows how Bloom’s work can be used to develop specific learning outcomes.

  11. A Local Example of Learning Outcomes

  12. MS Special Education ProgramGeneral Outcome Example General Learning Outcome: Goal 2. Communicate with Students with Disabilities The graduate will demonstrate skills in communication with students and parents of students with disabilities from preschool to adulthood and with other professionals serving these populations

  13. MS Special Education ProgramSpecific Outcomes 2.1 Develop home-school communication plans

  14. MS Special Education ProgramSpecific Outcomes 2.2 Participate effectively as a member of an SST or IEP team

  15. MS Special Education ProgramSpecific Outcomes 2.3 Conduct effective parent-teacher conferences

  16. MS Special Education ProgramSpecific Outcomes 2.4 Work with paraprofessionals in special education or inclusive settings and with other teachers in inclusive or team- teaching settings

  17. A Local Example of Learning Outcomes

  18. MS Primary Care Nurse PractitionerGeneral Outcome Example General Learning Outcome: Goal 2. Make Clinical Decisions The graduate is able to use critical thinking, clinical judgment skills and ethics to make safe independent and interdependent clinical decisions, incorporating principles of health promotion, awareness, diagnosis and management of client potential and actual health care problems

  19. MS Primary Care Nurse PractitionerSpecific Outcomes 2.1 Provide anticipatory guidance and counseling to promote health, reduce risk factors, and prevent disease and disability

  20. MS Primary Care Nurse PractitionerSpecific Outcomes 2.2 Employ appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and regimens with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy

  21. MS Primary Care Nurse PractitionerSpecific Outcomes 2.3 Formulate an action plan based on scientific rationale, evidence-based standards of care, and practice guidelines

  22. MS Primary Care Nurse PractitionerSpecific Outcomes 2.4 Initiate appropriate and timely consultation and/or referral when the problem exceeds the nurse practitioner’s scope of practice and/or expertise

  23. MS Primary Care Nurse PractitionerSpecific Outcomes 2.5 Assess client’s motivation for learning and maintenance of health related activities using principles of change and stages of behavior change

  24. A National Disciplinary Example of Learning Outcomes

  25. Psychology General Outcomes Outcome Category 1: Knowledge, Skills, and Values Consistent with the Science and Application of Psychology • Goal 1: Knowledge Base of Psychology • Goal 2: Research Methods in Psychology • Goal 3: Critical Thinking Skills in Psychology • Goal 4: Application of Psychology • Goal 5: Values in Psychology

  26. PsychologyBroad Outcomes Outcome Category 2: Knowledge, Skills, and Values Consistent with Liberal Arts Education that are Further Developed in Psychology • Goal 6: Information and Technological Literacy • Goal 7: Communication Skills • Goal 8: Sociocultural and International Awareness • Goal 9: Personal Development • Goal 10: Career Planning and Development

  27. PsychologyBroad Outcomes Example Broad Learning Outcome: Goal 2. Research Methods in Psychology Understand and apply basic research methods in psychology, including research design, data analysis, and interpretation

  28. PsychologySpecific Outcomes 2.1 Describe the basic characteristics of the science of psychology

  29. PsychologySpecific Outcomes 2.2 Explain different research methods used by psychologists • Describe how various research designs address different types of questions and hypotheses • Articulate strengths and limitations of various research designs • Distinguish the nature of designs that permit causal inferences from those that do not

  30. PsychologySpecific Outcomes 2.3 Evaluate the appropriateness of conclusions derived from psychological research • Interpret basic statistical results • Distinguish between statistical significance and practical significance • Describe effect size and confidence intervals • Evaluate the validity of conclusions presented in research reports

  31. PsychologySpecific Outcomes 2.4 Design and conduct basic studies to address psychological questions using appropriate research methods • Locate and use relevant databases, research, and theory to plan, conduct, and interpret results of research studies • Formulate testable research hypotheses, based on operational definitions of variables • Select and apply appropriate methods to maximize internal and external validity and reduce the plausibility of alternative explanations

  32. PsychologySpecific Outcomes 2.4 Design and conduct basic studies to address psychological questions using appropriate research methods • Collect, analyze, interpret, and report data using appropriate statistical strategies to address different types of research questions and hypotheses • Recognize that theoretical and sociocultural contexts as well as personal biases may shape research questions, design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation

  33. PsychologySpecific Outcomes 2.5 Follow the APA Code of Ethics in the treatment of human and nonhuman participants in the design, data collection, interpretation, and reporting of psychological research

  34. PsychologySpecific Outcomes 2.6 Generalize research conclusions appropriately based on the parameters of particular research methods • Exercise caution in predicting behavior based on limitations of single studies • Recognize the limitations of applying normative conclusions to individuals • Acknowledge that research results may have unanticipated societal consequences

  35. PsychologySpecific Outcomes 2.6 Generalize research conclusions appropriately based on the parameters of particular research methods • Recognize that individual differences and sociocultural contexts may influence the applicability of research findings

  36. Distribution of the “Guidelines for Completing Sections I & II of the Learning Assurance Program Reports” document

  37. Format for Listing of General and Specific Learning Outcomes (SLO) • General SLO (Identify Knowledge, Skill, or Attitude) • Specific SLO (Identify Knowledge, Skill, or Attitude) • Note. List all General and Specific SLOs for the Academic Program

  38. Overall Self-Evaluation Exemplary Strong Satisfactory Weak Notably Deficient Indicators A) Knowledge, Skill, Attitude Balance B) Differentiation of General & Specific SLOs C) Compliance with Disciplinary Conventions D) Building Upon Prior Learning E) Lower-Order & Higher-Order Thinking Self-Evaluation Format for Articulating SLOs

  39. Element 2Connecting Outcomes to the Curriculum The course and program requirements for an academic program are designed for student attainment of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to an academic program.

  40. Listing Course & Program Requirements Creating an inventory of key course and program requirements is an important step in ensuring a strong linkage between the program’s requirements and the learning outcomes.

  41. Format for Listing of RequiredCourse and Program Requirements • Required Course or Program Requirement • Note. List all requirements for the Academic Program; the General Education unit should list requirements for general education.

  42. Linking of Course & Program Requirements to GSLOs & SSLOs Using the inventory of course and program requirements, general and specific SLOs should be linked to course and program requirements that facilitate their attainment. In addition, each linked course or program requirement should include a statement on how it contributes to attainment of the specific SLO.

  43. General SLO Specific SLO Course/ Program Requirement(s) Contributing to Attainment of SSLO ____________________ ____________________ Note. List all GSLOs and SSLOs for the program. Statement of How the Requirement(s) Contribute to Attainment of the SSLO ______________________ ______________________ Note. List all Course & Program Reqs. that Contribute to Attainment of the SSLO. Format for Linking Course & Program Requirements to GSLOs and SSLOs

  44. Overall Self-Evaluation Exemplary Strong Satisfactory Weak Notably Deficient Indicators A) A Linkage of All Requirements to SLOs B) Reinforcing SLOs through Multiple Program Requirements Self-Evaluation Format for Course and Program Requirements

  45. Indicators C) Strength of the Lower Division, Program Admission, and Prerequisite Requirements & SLO Linkage D) Strength of the Common Upper Division (or Graduate) Course Requirements of a Program & SLO Linkage Indicators E) Strength of the Elective Upper Division (or Graduate) Block Requirements of the Program & SLO Linkage F) Building Upon General Education (or Baccalaureate Education for Graduate) Outcomes Self-Evaluation Format for Course and Program Requirements (cont.)

  46. Indicators G) Strength of the Required Practicums & Internships & SLO Linkage H) Strength of the Capstone Experiences and SLO Linkage Self-Evaluation Format for Course and Program Requirements (cont.)

  47. Assessment as Research & Scholarship • Assessment in the discipline is an opportunity to engage in applied scholarship. • Assessment is also the scholarship of teaching and learning. • Multiple venues exist to present and publish this scholarship.

  48. Changes in the SACS Reaccreditation Guidelines • Facilitate preparation for changes in SACS Guidelines (effective 2004) • Switch from “Criteria of Accreditation” to “Principles of Accreditation” • Comprehensive Standard #1 states that “an educational program for which academic credit is awarded should establish and evaluate learning outcomes” • Core Requirement #15 requires “the identification of expected competencies in the undergraduate general education program and evidence that graduates have attained those competencies”

  49. Role of the Assurance of Learning Council • Review and provide feedback on Assurance of Learning reports • To provide an external review on the Assurance of Learning process to ensure improvement of student learning at the institutional level

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