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Examples of methods that provide direct measures of student learning
outcomes
- Written
Exams (multiple choice, true/false)
- Collections
of student work/portfolios
- Process
portfolios (journals, autobiographical reflective papers,
philosophical statements)
- Program
portfolios (documentation, collection of important work used by
group/department for evaluation purposes)
- Presentation
portfolios (resumes, collections of important work)
- Capstone projects, papers, presentations
- Course-embedded
- Reflective
essays
- Panel
discussions/debates
- Performance
in performance based disciplines
- Senior
seminars of projects
- Direct
observation of student behaviors (naturalistic descriptive observations)
- Internal
juried review of student projects
- External
jurors or evaluators to evaluate performance
- Internships
or Practicum (evaluations
of student performance by internal or external reviewers, or from the
participants themselves)
- Performance
on a case study/problem
- Performance
on national licensure examinations
- Standardized
tests
- Pre-test
/ post-test investigations of change
Examples of methods that
provide indirect measures of student learning
- Focus
groups
- Surveys
and questionnaires (satisfaction/perception of advising by students,
faculty, other campus units, etc.)
- Interviews
(entrance interviews, exit interviews, etc.)
- Graduate
follow-up studies (alumni surveys, etc.)
Examples of methods that provide evidence of the processes that support student learning
- Tracking
student data (in terms of enrollment, persistence, performance,
graduation rates, enrollment trends, transcript analysis, choice of
major) Case studies
- Historical
or matched comparison groups
- Quantitative
data showing usage of services
- Adviser
to student ratios
- Diversity
of advising
- Needs/services
assessment
- Advisor/advising
program recognition awards
- Advisor/advising
program contribution to academic advising field through conference
presentations or publications
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