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provide a resource
to departments as they develop their departmental assessment plans.
Links
are provided to departmental assessment plans that currently exist and
are publicly available on the WWW. Send comments, additions and other
recommendations
for this site to bmoskal@mines.edu.
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A
Place to
Begin
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Assessment
Matrix This matrix has been developed to help engineering faculty
develop
comprehensive program assessment plans for their departments.
ABET is the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Many of the current concerns with regard to departmental assessment are in reaction to requirements that ABET has set forth for accreditation. Glossary of Terms. Provides an easy to use dictionary of assessment and evaluation terms. Center for Engineering Education. CEE offers the CSM campus community expertise on a variety of educational issues, including assessment and evaluation. The Gateway Engineering Education Coalition. A Collaborative effort of 7 institutions that focuses on: assessment, professional development, underrepresented populations, instructional technologies, linking and sharing and curriculum and development and implementation.
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Development
of Goals
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Mathematical and Computer Science Department Goals and Objectives. | |
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Examples
of
Completed Assessment Matrices
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| Mathematical
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Examples
of
Assessment Use
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Mathematical and Computer Sciences Department- How the MACS department has used assessment information for improvement purposes. | |
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Examples
of
CSM Assessment Instruments
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Surveys
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Classroom
Assessment
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Office of Teaching Effectiveness -A summary of a 1998 forum on classroom assessment techniques. | |
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Institution
Assessment Plans
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University of Colorado at Boulder An index of information concerning the undergraduate outcomes based assessment plan that has been implemented at CU, Boulder. | |
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Departmental
Assessment
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Succeed. Faculty from these eight
colleges of engineering have developed innovations in key focus areas
such as guide specifically designed to assist
Engineering schools in prepare for ABET 2000.
Synthesis Assessment. Reflects the efforts of eight institutions with a focus on new approaches to assessing undergraduate engineering education. Western
Carolina University Assessment Assistance. On-line links for
developing program assessments. |
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Classroom
Assessment
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Field-Tested
Learning Assessment Guide. This web site has been designed by and
for
college and university instructors in the sciences, mathematics,
engineering
and technology disciplines. Its purpose is to offer a readily
accessible,
up-to-date resource of classroom-tested assessment tools.
Classroom Assessment Techniques. This site, developed by Southern Illinois University, provides links to descriptions and examples of classroom assessment instruments.
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Associations
and Research
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American
Association of Higher Education: Assessment Forum. A national
network
designed to support stakeholders in the assessment of higher
education.
University
of California, Berkeley. A list of assessment articles produced by
the Berkeley Evaluation and Research Center. Test
Reviews on line. A searchable database for test
reviews. Educational
Testing Service Search. A searchable database of educational
tests. ERIC Clearinghouse. A searchable database on research in education. Practical Assessment,
Research and
Evaluation. An on-line journal on assessment and
evaluation. |
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