The team helps you approach your assessment plan as a type of research, so that you are asking appropriate questions and collecting appropriate information. The team can provide you with expertise on appropriate research methodologies and assessment instruments, as well as support throughout the semester in terms of instrument design and data collection. In addition to individual consultations, the team can provide workshops for students and faculty on various assessment techniques. Previous workshop topics include concept mapping, focus groups, and general assessment approaches. Formative assessment, or gathering feedback several times during the semester, can be collected through surveys, quality teams, peer evaluations, problem solving tasks, or focus groups.
Concept maps evaluate how students understand connections within a particular topic.
View our Concept Map Module for more information about concept maps . Design an assessment plan. Any well-designed assessment plan starts with idenitfying the goals for the course or program as they related to such areas as student learning, student attitudes, cost effectiveness, and program implementation. View for more information about designing an assessment plan. View our Focus Group Module for more information about focus groups .