Assessment
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Assessment Overview
Assessment is the process of gathering and analyzing data/evidence and using that information for continual improvement. The NWDCSD project community will participate in three primary types of assessment: User, Course/Module, and Project. Project participants will use a series of assessment tools adapted to this project's context and audience.
User Assessment
Questions to Answer: What does the user know prior to using the module and after? What is the student experience? What is the instructor experience in using the module in class?
Assessment Tools Currently Under Development/Being Piloted: 1) Student Pre-Module Survey; 2) Student Post-Module Survey; 3)Instructor Pre-Module Survey; 4) Instructor Post-Module Survey
Course/Module-Level Assessment
Question to Answer: Are the modules developing the intended objectives?
Assessment Tools Currently Under Development/Being Piloted: To date, all we have is a set of guidelines to follow when developing modules
Project-Level Assessment
Question to Answer: Is the project achieving its identified objectives?
Assessment Tools Currently Under Development/Being Piloted: 1) Teaching Beliefs/Practice Survey; 2) Computational Thinking Rubric
Frequently Asked Questions
What constitutes quality data?
Are there different types of assessment?
More Information
For more on Outcomes Assessment, visit [1]
Note: Over time, this page will include links to related journal articles, templates, Barriers, surveys, IRB info, and a legal use policy for the open source modules.
Similar Projects and Their Approaches for Assessment
Sung: Game-Themed Introductory Programming Projects
Kelvin Sung, in his project (Game-Themed Introductory Programming Project) has have three categories of feedback forms each of which feeds into the overall project assessment:
- For independent faculty evaluating materials we have developed. Here is an example form (Word) we use for assessing our programming assignments.
- For students: collect per- and post- course attitude, and per-assignment opinion.
- For faculty: collect faculty's feedback on using the materials.
Please refer to this link on examples of forms we have used.
He discusses the rationale behind these forms in this paper and in this paper.
