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