Establishing and Assessing the Paradigm Shift: From Instructor-focused Teaching to Student-Focused...

Establishing and Assessing the Paradigm Shift:

From Instructor-focused Teaching to Student-Focused Learning

Carrie BartekDr. Mary Pearce

Dr. Christopher Roddenberry

Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC <www.waketech.edu>

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What can we do to prepare our students for a global advantage?

Help them learn how to Analyze problems, Evaluate options and

Create solutions

ACE—Thinking for Life Student Learning Initiative (ACE)

• Provide a conceptual model – Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Create measurable student learning outcomes

• Assess and report these outcomes

The Conceptual Model:A New Kind of Vision

Our Conceptual Model

Anderson, L.W., et al. A Taxonomy For Learning, Teaching, And Assessing: A Revision Of

Bloom’s Taxonomy Of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman Press, 2001.

Creating Design, Develop, Propose

Evaluating Critique, Justify, Predict

Analyzing Classify, Compare, Differentiate

Applying Apply, Compute, Role-play

Understanding Explain, Identify, Summarize

Remembering Define, Identify, Recall

Bloom’s Levels Related Verbs

ACE Initiative(The Process)

1. Teach the model to teachers

2. Develop questions and grading rubrics emphasizing Bloom’s model (and verbs)

3. Become more systematic in creating and evaluating student work

Mathematical Reasoning as CT:Interpreting a Data Table

Evaluate the graph below.What factors affect GDP in Africa?

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Political Stability

GDP in Millions

Poor Infrastructure

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Creating Design, Develop, Propose

Evaluating Critique, Justify, Predict

Analyzing Classify, Compare, Differentiate

Applying Apply, Compute, Role-play

Understanding Explain, Identify, Summarize

Remembering Define, Identify, Recall

Bloom’s Levels Related Verbs

Quantifying Student Performance

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ExceedsExpectations

MeetsExpectations

Does Not MeetExpectations

Number of Students in

Each Category

Example of Results - MathLearning Objective 11 - After completing this course, the student will analyze data. This will be demonstrated by their ability to analyze the data in a table and create the appropriate model.

Example of Results -MathThe handout Functions by Graphs is used for generating a discussion of key concepts the students must know for Test 1 in MAT 161. Upon completion, students will successfully analyze the graph of the function and interpret the rate of change of the function.

Example of Results: Sciences•Objective 16: Evaluate the risks associated with geologic hazards.

Objective 16: Geologic Hazards

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Fall 2007Unit Tests

Fall 2007FinalExam

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Spring2008 Final

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Assessment

• Instructor Portfolio Samples

• Common questions on exams or common exams

The Spectrum of ACE Implementation

Divisions

ARTMusic

Humanities EnglishPsychology

ScienceMath

Foreign Language

Quantitative DataQualitative Data

The Paradigm Shift

•Instructor- Centered•Content-driven•Passive learning•Individual learning•Instructor as knowledge disseminator

•Learner Centered•Outcome driven•Active-learning•Collaborative learning•Instructor as learning facilitator

Challenges

•www.waketech.edu•“ACE Initiative” at bottom of webpage•cebartek@waketech.edu