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Study Abroad Student Learning Outcomes Assessment. Introduction. Cycle of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment :. Analyze and use results to understand and improve student learning. Develop/revise goals for student learning. Develop/ revise outcome measures appropriate to goals. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Study AbroadStudent Learning Outcomes Assessment
Introduction
Cycle of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment:
Develop/revise goals for student learning. Develop/ revise outcome measures appropriate to goals.
Offer students opportunities to achieve goals.
Apply measures to assess student learning outcomes
Analyze and use results to understand and improve student learning.
Conceptual Framework for Student Learning Assessment
Faculty
ProvostPlanning, Institutional Research,
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment
School/department Committees onStudent Learning Assessment
Administrative Groups:Academic Leadership Group
MissionCatholic and National Research University
University Goals
Campus Life Program Directors
University Assessment Council
Sub-Committees on:Undergraduate Programs
Graduate ProgramsSpecial Topics
Analyze anduse results
Offer opportunities to learn
Develop Goals/Measures
Assess Student Learning
Examples of defined learning outcomes
Disciplinary Knowledge:•Placement of a discipline in an international context•Synthesize academic/disciplinary concepts with real world phenomena•Gain an international perspective of a career/discipline•Study disciplinary content not available at the main university campus
Language Acquisition:•Immersion/mastery•Introduction/competence
Intercultural Competence:•Explore the nature of culture, in general•Gain specific knowledge of host culture•Become conscious of one’s own cultural perspective•Engage diverse expressions of culture•Adapt effectively in cross cultural settings
Social/Emotional Growth:•Build independence•Gain self-confidence•Develop self-awareness•Develop empathy•Increase tolerance for social ambiguity
Examples drawn from University Leadership Council brief on:
Defining and Assessing the Student Learning Outcomes
of the Study Abroad Experience
Examples of Study Abroad Student Learning Outcomes Assessments
Quantitative: National Studies/Instruments:•Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory (BEVI)•Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)•Global Perspective Inventory (GPI)•Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (SCAS)
Quantitative: University Defined Instrument:•Goals Survey: Pre-departure and post-experience surveys designed to assess student goal setting and achievement.•University course evaluations•Services Survey: Pre-departure and post-experience surveys designed to measure:
• The quality of study abroad services provided by the university• The quality of study abroad services provided by university partners/provides and affiliated programs
Qualitative Assessment:•Portfolios•Focus groups
Examples drawn from University Leadership Council brief on:
Defining and Assessing the Student Learning Outcomes
of the Study Abroad Experience
Suggested List of Peers
Regional Comparison Group (17 institutions):
– starting sample: 7,052 institutions– limit by sector of institution = ‘Private, not-for-profit, 4-year or above’: 1,648 institutions– further limit by Carnegie 2000 classification = ‘Doctoral/Research Universities –Extensive’ or ‘Doctoral/Research Universities –
Intensive’: 91 institutions– further limit to universities that enroll undergraduates: 86 institutions– further limit to institutions with a total enrollment of graduate and first-professional students >= 25%: 78 institutions– further limit to institutions whose percent of total revenue from tuition and fees >=35%: 42 institutions– further limit by institutions originating in the Mid-East geographic region (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA): 18 institutions– exclude Catholic University: 17 institutions
This set of criteria creates the following list of institutions:
– Adelphi University American University Drexel University– Duquesne University Fordham University George Washington University– Georgetown University Hofstra University Pace University –New York– Polytechnic University Seton Hall University St. John’s University –New York– Stevens Institute of Technology Syracuse University The New School– Widener University-Main Campus Wilmington College