Focusing the institution on student learning outcomes /

For nearly twenty years, colleges and universities have sought ways to generate data on actual student learning outcomes while maintaining an institutional information context that is itself indifferent to outcomes. As a result, outcomes assessment has been problematic, since the institutions themse...

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Other Authors: Shupe, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Bradford, England] : Emerald, [2007]
Series:On the horizon ; v. 15, no. 2.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Table of contents; Guest editorial; Significantly better: the benefits for an academic institution focused on student learning outcomes; The view across: patterns of success in assessing and improving student learning; Integrating learning outcomes and assessment into the curriculum: a case study; Learning outcomes and the development of expertise; Engaging our fears: student learning at the center of our practice; The transformation to a learner-centered community as a result of university-wide assessment; But can they do it? High tech real time performance evaluation.