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Institutional Outcomes and their Implications for Student Learning by John C. Savagian History Department. Alverno C O L L E G E. Purpose of this session. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Institutional Outcomes and their Implications for
Student Learning
by
John C. Savagian History Department
Alverno Alverno C O L L E C O L L E G EG E
Purpose of this sessionTo familiarize faculty and staff at Central Piedmont Community College with Alverno College’s approach to ability based learning, with a particular focus on designing institutional outcomes. To help CPCC faculty and staff connect their institutional outcomes to disciplinary outcomes, and discuss how they relate to classroom assessments of student learning.
In 1973, new curriculum initiated based on eight institutional outcomes
or abilities
• Graduation requirements based on demonstration of outcomes rather than distribution requirements
EducationGOES BEYOND knowingto being able toDO WHAT ONE KNOWS
Writing
Speaking
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Reading
Listening
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Media Literacy
Quantitative Literacy
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Computer Literacy
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
ANALYTICAL ANALYTICAL CAPABILITYCAPABILITY
PROBLEM PROBLEM SOLVING SOLVING ABILITYABILITY
VALUING IN VALUING IN DECISION DECISION MAKING MAKING
CONTEXTSCONTEXTS
EFFECTIVE SOCIAL EFFECTIVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONINTERACTION
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE CITIZENSHIPCITIZENSHIP
AESTHETIC AESTHETIC ENGAGEMENTENGAGEMENT
Abilities thatInvolve the whole personAre teachableCan be assessedTransfer across settingsAre continually re-evaluated
and re-defined
An important conceptual decision in our design process:
Abilities need to be defined in a way that our teaching of them can be
DEVELOPMENTAL
Analysis at Alverno• Level 1 - Show observational skills• Level 2 - Draw reasonable inferences• Level 3 - Perceive and make relationships• Level 4 - Analyze structure and organization• Level 5 - Employ frameworks from major and
support disciplines in order to analyze• Level 6 - Independently employ frameworks
Abilities must be carefullyIDENTIFIED andCOMPARED to what CONTEMPORARYLIFE requires
Student Assessment-as-LearningA process in operation at Alverno College, integral to learning, that involves observation and judgment of each student’s performance on the basis of explicit criteria, with self assessment and resulting feedback to the student. It serves to confirm student achievement and provide feedback to the student for the improvement of learning and to the instructor for the improvement of teaching.
Assessment isINTEGRALto LEARNING
eeas . sess ( ses’) v.t.[late ME <ML <Lassess (us) ptp. ofassidere (ad + sedere)]
to sit down beside
LEARNING THAT LASTS ASSESSMENT-AS-LEARNING•Active, Independent performance•Integrative•Experiential performance in contexts
related to life roles
•Self-aware, explicitness of Reflective, • required outcomes Self assessed, • public criteria Self-regarding self assessment
cumulative nature•Developmental, Individual expansiveness
multiplicity
•Interactive, Collaborative feedback
•Situated, Transferable externalitymultiple in mode and context
The effectiveness of assessmentfor everyone involved depends on the existence of a total dynamicsystem that contributes to thecoherence and continuous improvement of the curriculum
EXPECTED EXPECTED OUTCOMESOUTCOMES
TEACHING
ASSESSMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
INSTITUTIONAL/PROGRAM ASSESSMENT
(INSTITUTION: PROGRAM::COURSE)
MISSION
EDUCATIONALEDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLESPRINCIPLES
MissionMission
Academic Administrative
StructuresCurricular Structure
Faculty/Staff Development& Responsibilities
Educational PrinciplesEducational Principles
Student Assessment
Practice
Teaching Learning Practice
Learning AssessmentLearning Assessment
Student Development of Abilities Integrated
with Content
Evaluation Institutional/Program Assessment
There are Many Roads to Success
But if you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.
CPCC 8 Outcomes
1. Information Technology Literacy2. Communication3. Interpersonal4. Thinking5. Intrapersonal
CPCC Outcomes, continued
6. Value7. Quantitative Literacy8. Knowledge Application
Functions of Outcomes
• Provide direction for Learning• Provide continuity• Assure accountability by making
teaching/learning public and explicit• Integrate knowledge, skills, attitudes,
dispositions
Educators are RESPONSIBLEfor making learning moreavailable
by ARTICULATINGOUTCOMES and making them PUBLIC
Connections to the Disciplines
• Outcomes help the student translate experience into learning
• Outcomes provide departments with standards to judge college level learning
• Outcomes help facilitate efficient, coherent, consistent assessment procedures
Discussion
Which Institutional Outcomes are most critical in your discipline?
• Identify a central skill that characterizes a practitioner in your discipline.
• Phrase the skill in terms of a discipline outcome.
Alverno examples from Chemistry Outcomes
l. Communicates effectively using language, concepts, and models of
chemistry2. Uses the methodology of chemistry
to define and solve problems individually and collaboratively
Alverno examples fromHistory Outcomes
1. Identifies culturally grounded assumptions that have influenced the perception and behavior of people in the past and identifies those that influence her own perception and behavior.
2. Identifies and critiques the theories, concepts, and assumptions that historians have used to create coherent interpretations of the past.
From Institutional Outcomes to Assessments in Courses
Assessment in a Course Example American History 1600-1900
• Second Year course• Outcomes include:
Practice critical analysis of secondary and primary sources
Expand understanding of historical interpretation and practice making own
Demonstrate integrated communications in a variety of contexts
Assessment in a CourseAmerican History 1600-1900
• Assessment 2 (end of sixth week)Mary Silliman’s war Practices issue analysis Engages in decision-makingDevelops her global perspectiveEngages film as art and instruction
MODES OF PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
SIMULATEDACTUAL
WRITTEN
ORAL
VISUAL
INTEGRATED
Films/VideosSlide Shows
Projects Conferences
Individual Presentations Group Discussions
Essay Reports
Case Studies Analyses
In-Baskets Literary Works
Interviews Dialogues
Teaching/Learning Design Process
“Assessment is not about testing. It’s about teaching
and learning.”Dr. Roger Farr
Professor of Education, Indiana University