Resources
Here are resources to help you with your assessment of student learning.
Listed below are the VALUE rubrics, developed by AAC&U, and the UW-Whitewater Rubrics, developed by UW-Whitewater faculty and staff. They are intended to be adapted to your needs and are available in Microsoft Word format.
UW-Whitewater rubrics
- Template (UW-Whitewater: College of Arts & Communication) [DOC]
- Department Template Example (UW-Whitewater: College of Arts & Communication) [PDF]
- Basic Template (UMKC) [DOC]
- Basic Template (Stanford University) [PDF]
- Template Including Learning Opportunities (UH-Manoa) [DOC]
- Template Including Learning Opportunities (Lehman College) [PDF]
- Planning & Implementing an Assessment Project Template (UH-Manoa) [DOC]
- Assessment Results & Improvement Plan Template (UH-Manoa) [DOC]
- Degree Qualifications Profile (list of skills)
- Bloom's Taxonomy [PDF]
- Bloom's Taxonomy Action Verbs [PDF]
- Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) Template [DOC]
- Information and Listing of Student Learning Outcomes
- UW-Whitewater's Baccalaureate Learning Outcomes (LEAP ELOs) [PDF]
- In 2010, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater adopted the LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes from the Association of American Colleges and Universities as the definition of the baccalaureate learning outcomes for our campus. All students seeking a bachelor's degree are expected to achieve the UW-W Essential Learning Outcomes through their studies in general education, their major and minor, their elective courses, and through experiences gained in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.
- Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) Assignment Library
- Article: "Classroom Assessment and Course-Embedded Assessment- What's the Difference" (Berea College) [PDF]
- Course-Embedded Assessment (Central Michigan University) [PDF]
- Course-Embedded Assessment Learning Form (Utah State University) [DOC]
- Article: "Development of Embedded Assessments for Learning in Biotechnology" (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2011) [PDF]
University of Wisconsin Whitewater's survey tool is Qualtrics. Click here to visit the Office of Institutional Research and Planning's Qualtrics website to log-in to the online survey software and find helpful resources and support information.
- National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
- Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP)
- Wiley Assessment Updates
- WEAVE Assessment 101 Guide
- For some example assignments (not all embedded, but good ones nevertheless), click here.
- To search a library of resources for "assessment tools", "assignments", and more, click here.
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