Assessment encompasses more than just exams and papers. It also involves informally assessing student learning in progress, formally assessing students to determine their learning gains, and assessing whether the current instructional practices and course structure are effective. The goals for this chapter are to provide developers and instructors with a framework for thinking about assessment, highlight some useful tools (some methods may seem more appropriate for lecture courses but all methods described can be employed in the lab), and identify selected sources of additional information.
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/1/2009Stock # PB232X_ch3