Transcript MSU process goals

MSU Project Goals
1. Involve faculty in a process of
examining and evaluating the liberal
learning goal for Quantitative and
Scientific Reasoning (QR/SR).
2. Assess QR/SR of students at
Michigan State University
3. Use the data to guide curricular
change and faculty teaching practice
Phase 1: Summer 2007
Align the JMU Assessment with the Needs of
MSU
• Developed 8 learning goals for QR and SR
• Aligned the JMU assessment items with the
objectives
• Created items to fill “gaps” in the alignment
between JMU items and MSU objectives
Phase 2: Fall 2007
Faculty Involvement and Support
• University Committee on Liberal
Learning
• Faculty goal ranking task
• Individual faculty comments on the
items
Phase 3: Spring 2008
• Pilot the JMU and MSU QR/SR items in
elective and majors courses.
• Partnership with Quantitative Literacy
Working Group
• Agreement from Associate Provost for
Undergraduate Education to test
incoming students during summer
orientation
Phase 4: Spring 2008
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An MSU Specific Assessment and Process
Integrate the SR/QR and QL goals
Create a blueprint for MSU combined
assessment using the results of faculty
rankings
Choose items based on the psychometric
analysis of pilot data
Refine items using cognitive interviews with
students
Phase 4: Summer 2008 and
beyond
• Test incoming freshmen at Academic
Orientation
• Follow-up testing prior to “junior standing”
• Test in capstone courses
• Use the data to make programmatic and
pedagogical changes to enhance the quality
of undergraduate education at MSU
MSU Team
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Diane Ebert-May - Plant Biology
Dennis Gilliland - Statistics and Probability
Vince Melfi - Statistics and Probability
Megan Donahue - Physics and Astronomy
Jennifer Kaplan - Science and Mathematics Education
Gabe Ording - Center for Integrated Studies and Entomology
Alla Sikorskii - Statistics and Probability
Elena Bray Speth - Plant Research Lab and Plant Biology
Nicole Johnson - Teacher Education
Doug Estry - Office of the Provost