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Texas Assessment Collaborative: Assignment Design

LEAP Texas: Texas Assessment Collaborative Webinar

March 29, 2016 @ 12:00pm

Assessment Fellows

Larry J. King, Ph.D. Chris Duke, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication Director of Student Learning & Institutional Assessment

Director of Curriculum & Assessment

Stephen F. Austin State University

San Jacinto College

[email protected]@ljking58

[email protected]@cmduke

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Two Perspectives

1. Texas Assessment Collaborative focusing on written communication.

2. Intentional design of assignments for general education outcomes assessment against the LEAP VALUE rubrics.

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Three Segments

1. Texas Assessment Collaborative parameters for written communication assignments.

2. LEAP Texas Faculty Fellows’ experiences with assignment design.

3. Strategy for adapting existing assignments for LEAP VALUE-based assessment.

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ASSIGNMENT DESIGN


Intentional Design


OutcomeAssessment Instrument

Assignment

Written Communication

VALUE Rubric

Assignment?

Analyze Rubric


A note on parameters . . .

•Working at a state, multi-institutional level, we are focused on minimum parameters.•These are draft parameters for the

TAC; participating institutions have input.•May be applied at institutional level as

well to ensure students perform in manners expected by rubric.


Format

• Written work, of course, with expected document formats including doc, docx, rtf, pdf, or txt.

• Excludes multiple choice exams and other modalities and formats (pptx, jpg, gif).

• Type-written work preferred; scanned handwriting is not preferred.


Content Development

Length to allow enough space for appropriate development.

Minimum 750+ words or roughly 3 pages. Maximum 2,500 words or roughly 10 pages

Revisions. Documents that have gone through multiple revisions are fine; the work submitted should be considered a “final version.”


Writing Conventions

Sources and Evidence. Require use of sources/evidence appropriate to the discipline, e.g. primary sources, secondary sources, calculations, or lab results.

Discipline Conventions. Approach to organization, development, references consistent with discipline.

Syntax and Grammar may need to be emphasized.


Logistical Parameters

Course Context. Regular graded assignment from the course (not extra/bonus credit).

Authorship. Independent work only. Samples must be from assignments completed by individual students.

Confidentiality/Anonymity. Subject matter of assignment should not identify student, faculty, or institution.


Parameters

To be continued . . .


FACULTY FELLOWS & #LEAPTexas NILOA CharretteDr. Jennifer T. EdwardsAsst. Vice-President for Student Success and Multicultural InitiativesAssociate Professor of CommunicationTarleton State University


FACULTY COLLABORATIVE Karen MongoDean of Curriculum & AssessmentEl Centro College (DCCD)


ASSIGNMENT DESIGN STRATEGYRedesigning existing assignments to align properly with LEAP VALUE rubrics.


Intentional Design


OutcomeAssessment Instrument

Assignment

Texas Core Objective

VALUE Rubric

Assignment?

Analyze Rubric


Alignment Worksheet


NEXT STEPS?

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Next Steps,Participating Institutions

1. Consider and provide feedback regarding the assignment parameters.

2. TAC will collaboratively finalize assignment parameters by the end of the spring semester.


Additional Resources

• LEAP Texas Faculty Collaborative: Assignment & Signature Work

• NILOA Assignment Library at www.assignmentlibrary.org


http://www.assignmentlibrary.org/

Q & AReminder of upcoming #LEAPTexas Webinars . . .

Sampling Plans : Monday, April 11 @ 12:00pm

IRB or Institutional Approvals : Tuesday, April 26 @ 12:00pm
