Capstones and Quality: The Culminating Experience as Assessment

Autor/in	Catchings, Billy
Titel	Capstones and Quality: The Culminating Experience as Assessment
Quelle	In: Assessment Update, 16 (2004) 1, S.6-7 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6099
Schlagwörter	Student Projects; Reflective Teaching; Curriculum; Learning Experience; Higher Education; Educational Quality; College Seniors; Student Evaluation; Outcomes of Education; Accreditation (Institutions); College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Indiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulprojekt; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Lernerfahrung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; College; Colleges; Senior; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Several years ago, the University of Indianapolis embarked on its self-study for North Central Association accreditation with the issue of quality assessment linked to outcomes. As such, its Department of Communication was forced to demonstrate outcomes-oriented evaluation of student learning. After an extensive audit of the department's curriculum, the communication faculty agreed to implement a multifaceted senior project that would serve in two capacities: (1) as a culminating experience wherein students would engage in reflective analysis of their education and (2) as a quality assessment tool to satisfy the standards of accreditation. In this article, the author briefly describes the faculty's capstone experience as a reflective practice, explains its utility in assessment and improving quality, and identifies some of the challenges they have encountered and continue to address. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10