Understanding What Our Geoscience Students Are Learning: Observing and Assessing part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing
In 2005, Workshop on Student Learning: Observing and Assessing met at Carleton College to discuss assessing student learning. These pages grew out of the activities of the workshop. You can find activities for evaluating student learning, information on how to use different assessment methods in different learning environments, and information or researching teaching and learning.

Using Technology to Improve Assessment part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing
Technology can improve data gathering for assessments and provide a format for student and faculty to archive information. Resources Classroom Response Systems (or clickers) have been used to effectively assess ...

Assessment By Portfolio part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing
What are Portfolios? Portfolios are personalized long-term documentation of student mastery of course material. One essential element of portfolios is student reflection on their own learning and progression ...

Minute Paper part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities

Questionnaire to measure indicators for recruitment/retention in geoscience careers part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
This partial survey contains generic items that can be used to evaluate indicators associated with enhanced likelihood of students remaining in the geosciences. This is a DRAFT document and has not yet been piloted or tested.

Force Concept Inventory part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) is a research-based multiple-choice test designed to assess student understanding of the most basic concepts in Newtonian physics.

Earth, Wind, and Fire Quiz part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
This is an example of one of the formative assessments I used while teaching labs for a geology class for non-science majors. Such quizzes were given at the start of each lab session.

Example Knowledge Survey Questions part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Knowledge Surveys
Skip to search results Skip to search facet filtersSkip to text search formSkip to paginationRefine the Results↓ SubjectBiology 3 matches Geoscience 12 matches Results 1 - 10 of 14 matches Knowledge ...

Assessment, Observation, and Educational Research part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing
Why Conduct Formal Research on Your Student's Learning? The Student Learning: Observing and Assessing Workshop identified the need to share information about assessing students. Setting up educational ...

Assessment of improving student outcomes in scientific data analysis and synthesis part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
I designed a set of questions, with input from other faculty, to be used in an interview style at the beginning and end an introductory geology course with volunteer participants. I recorded and videotaped my 15 minute interviews, keeping a written record of responses, and hired a research assistant to help evaluate results