About the Method
The EvaluateUR method enables colleges to improve student outcomes by incorporating evaluation directly into the undergraduate research process. The method yields:
- Statistically reliable measures of student learning growth in academic subjects
- Students alerted to the many "soft" skills essential for academic and workplace success
- Assessments of student growth in soft skills
- Student understanding of their academic strengths and weaknesses and the identification of strategies for improvement
Key Features
- Up to 11 student outcome categories
- Option to add up to 3 additional outcomes
- Each outcome category delineated by distinct components that measure specific outcome objectives
- Outcome categories and components are aligned with ABET
- Repeated assessments to track student progress over time
- Independent faculty/mentor assessments and student self-assessments using identical instruments
- Student-faculty/mentor conversations to improve student's metacognitive insights into their academic strengths and weaknesses
Outcome Categories and Components Alignment with ABET Student-Mentor Conversations
Implementation Overview
- Online assessments of learning outcomes
- Automated emails prompt students and faculty/mentors to complete assessments or meet as their work progresses
- Online dashboard for keeping track of progress through evaluation steps
- Implementation advice and resources
- Built-in statistical packages for understanding evaluation data
- Metacognitive exercises to enhance student learning
Importance of Metacognition
Evaluate-UR encourages students to be aware of what learning strategies they employ and why. They can use that awareness to make intentional adjustments that enable them to learn more effectively. This cycle of self-awareness, adjustment and renewed self-evaluation, or metacognition, is perhaps the most important benefit that students can take away from their Evaluate-UR experience.
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Research-Validated Method
Studies show that the EvaluateUR Method benefits students, mentors and programs through improved metacognitive skills and mentorship, as well as statistically reliable data.
Why the EvaluateUR Method is Effective Peer-Reviewed Publications
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