Assessment in political science
By: Michelle D. Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann, John Ishiyama, editors
Contributors: American Political Science Association
Series: State of the profession series; State of the profession series
Publisher: American Political Science Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781878147523
Subjects: Political science; Study and teaching (Higher); Evaluation; Higher Education; Effective teaching; Educational tests and measurements; College students; Rating of; College teaching
Description: "This resource on assessment provides in-depth discussion and resources for classroom, departmental and program assessment that can be used by all departments and institutions. In addition to general assessment tools, the authors and editors provide guidance on assessing learning in special situations such as in online environments and experiential programs. This is an excellent reference tool for all departments and faculty in political science"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I; title: An introduction to assessment --; title: Introduction --; title: Assessing for understanding : toward a theory of assessment as learning --; title: An overview of the assessment movement -- -- pt. II; title: Departmental and program assessment --; title: Comparing learning assessment plans in political science --; title: Making assessment matter : structuring assessment, transforming departments --; title: Who will be the assessment champion? And other conditions for a culture of assessment --; title: Program evaluation and assessment : integrating methods, processes, and culture --; title: Political science and general education assessment -- -- pt. III; title: Examples of classroom assessment --; title: Assessment of learning and for learning : testing the effectiveness and accuracy of the standard scoring instruments --; title: Classroom assessment of learning communities for political scientists --; title: Assessment in the online environment --; title: The critical portfolio : facilitating the reflective political science student in the experiential environment.