Assessing Student Learning
From 2012-2015, the Graduate School and Center for Teaching Innovation (previously Center for Teaching Excellence) were funded through a Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) Preparing Future Faculty to Assess Student Learning grant to develop new workshops, programs, and resources. Examples of these approaches can be found at the archived project website, and are also described in the CGS best practices report summarizing efforts across all participating universities.
Some recommended resources on assessment that are particularly relevant to future faculty are highlighted below.
Resources from the Cornell University Center for Teaching Innovation:
External Resources – General:
- Assessments that Support Student Learning – Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative, University of British Columbia
- Authentic Assessment Toolbox – North Central College
- Preparing Future Faculty Resource Library – Council of Graduate Schools
- Project-Based Learning Resources – Buck Institute for Education
- Assessment Rubrics – UC Berkeley Center for Teaching and Learning
- Writing Teaching Assessment Questions for Precision and Reflection – New Directions for Teaching and Learning
External Resources – Life Sciences:
- AAAS Science Assessment – AAAS Project 2061
- Assessment of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences: A Meeting Report – CBE Life Sciences Education
- Biology in Bloom: Implementing Bloom’s Taxonomy to Enhance Student Learning in Biology – CBE Life Sciences Education
- Biology Concept Inventories: Overview, Status, and Next Steps – BioScience
- Bioliteracy: Conceptual Assessment in the Biosciences – University of Colorado at Boulder
- Questions for Biology (Q4B) – University of British Columbia
External Resources – Physical Sciences:
- Clicker Question Collections – University of British Columbia
- Concept Tests and Course Materials – University of Colorado at Boulder
- ConcepTests for General Chemistry – Brandeis University
- Peer Instruction for Computer Science – Stanford University and University of California, San Diego
- Turn to Your Neighbor – The Official Peer Instruction Blog
- PhysPort: Peer Instruction – American Association of Physics Teachers
- Physics Assessment Tools – University of Colorado at Boulder
- Understanding What Our Geosciences Students are Learning: Observing and Assessing – Carleton College
External Resources – Engineering:
External Resources – Mathematics:
- Guide to Evidence-Based Instructional Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics – Mathematical Association of America
- Classroom Response Systems (“Clickers”) – Vanderbilt University
- GoodQuestions Project – Cornell University
- MathQUEST/Math Vote – Carroll College
External Resources – Humanities:
- Literary Study, Measurement, and the Sublime: Disciplinary Assessment – The Teagle Foundation