tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post7151035426838774988..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: What I Want from AssessmentBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-68046731332323709432007-10-11T08:18:00.000-07:002007-10-11T08:18:00.000-07:00Inside,I want to thank you; you're question about ...Inside,<BR/><BR/>I want to thank you; you're question about what we're measuring really clarified some things in my mind. We have serious problems measuring inputs and comparing them to outputs. People just aren't widgets.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-14939633835005958382007-10-07T14:11:00.000-07:002007-10-07T14:11:00.000-07:00Oops... I left out some basic analysis...The quest...Oops... I left out some basic analysis...<BR/><BR/>The question for the increase in abilities is whether or not the student was a good writer when they came to you? If they are decent when they come and decent when they are done, then the increase is 0. If they are terrible when they come and decent when they finish, then the increase is significant.Inside the Philosophy Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-60859270576756052742007-10-07T14:10:00.000-07:002007-10-07T14:10:00.000-07:00The first question you need to settle is whether o...The first question you need to settle is whether or not you want to measure increase in abilities or end results?<BR/><BR/>If you want to measure increase, then I suspect that you could do both with a portfolio, but that protfolio would need to include work from the beginning of the first class to the end of the last one. The problem is one of determining value added to the student's abilities... so looking at increase in ability tells you that they learned those skills somewhere in the course of their education... not necessarily from your department's courses, but someplace in there :).<BR/><BR/>If you want to look at end results, then looking at a senior portfolio works well. I'd guess that if one person can evaluate them all, a team could evaluate parts pretty quickly, no?<BR/><BR/>Maybe y'all could even do the portfolio electronically in Blackboard? Or, use Blackboard to caputre work done along the way?Inside the Philosophy Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.com