Inside the undergraduate experience
Subtitle: the University of Washington's study of undergraduate learning
By: Catharine Hoffman Beyer, Gerald M. Gillmore, Andrew T. Fisher.
Contributors: Gillmore, Gerald M. 1941-; Fisher, Andrew T.
Publisher: Anker Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bolton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781933371269
Subjects: University of Washington; Education, Higher -- Washington (State) -- Longitudinal studies; Education, Higher -- Washington (State) -- Case studies; College students -- Washington (State) -- Case studies
Genres: Longitudinal studies.; Case studies.
Description: "This book provides faculty, staff, and administrators at two- and four-year institutions with a model of assessment that both captures the complexity of the undergraduate experience and offers practical information about how to improve teaching and learning. Data from surveys, open-ended email questions, interviews, focus groups, and portfolios make it possible for the authors to create case studies of individual learning paths over time, as well as to report the group's aggregate experience. Honoring the authenticity of student voices, this book illuminates the central roles played by the academic disciplines and by faculty in undergraduate learning, offering evidence for the argument that assessment of student learning is most complete and most useful when conducted at the department level."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Research process; title: Personal growth; title: Understanding and appreciating diversity; title: Critical thinking and problem solving; title: Writing; title: Quantitative reasoning; title: Information technology and literacy; title: General learning.