The Case for Assessing Complex General Education Student Learning Outcomes

Autor/in	Penn, Jeremy D.
Titel	The Case for Assessing Complex General Education Student Learning Outcomes
Quelle	In: New Directions for Institutional Research, (2011) 149, S.5-14 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-0579
DOI	10.1002/ir.376
Schlagwörter	General Education; Multiple Choice Tests; Outcomes of Education; Student Evaluation; Educational History; High School Students; College Students; Knowledge Level; Academic Achievement; Mathematics Education; Science Education; Social Studies; Psychology; Statistics; Academic Freedom; Accountability; Teacher Responsibility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Wissensbasis; Schulleistung; Mathematische Bildung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Gemeinschaftskunde; Psychologie; Statistik; Akademische Freiheit; Verantwortung; Lehrverpflichtung
Abstract	Assessment of general education has a long history, although relative to the age of liberal education and educational evaluation it is a very recent development. One of the first recorded efforts to comprehensively assess student achievement in higher education in the United States occurred in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when many institutions had general education programs in practice but not necessarily in name. In this effort, nearly forty-five thousand high school and college students were given a multiple-choice test that assessed students' knowledge of the physical world, mathematics and science, and the social world including psychology, sociology, statistical methods, and ancient cultures. This article gives a brief history of general education assessment, responds to common criticisms of general education assessment, and makes a case for assessing general education as a critical element of faculty members' responsibility. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10