PROMOTING SCHOLARSHIP, INFORMING PRACTICE, BUILDING CONNECTIONS
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The First-Year Seminar: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Courses to Support Student Learning and Success
Series
5
Assessing the First-Year Seminar
Paperback
May 2012
9781889271811
More details
- Publisher
National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience - Published
17th May 2012 - ISBN 9781889271811
- Language English
- Pages 112 pp.
- Size 6" x 9"
$25.00
Friedman, a recognized expert on seminar administration and assessment, provides a comprehensive framework for deciding what to assess, what kinds of data to collect and from whom, and how to use findings for continuous program refinement and improvement. The volume is a useful tool for administrators launching a new seminar or managing a decades old course. While centered on the first-year seminar, Friedman’s suggested strategies can be applied to a wide range of educational experiences in the first college year and beyond.
Other volumes in the series:
Volume I: Designing and Administering the Course
Volume II: Instructor Training and Development
Volume III: Teaching in the First-Year Seminar
Volume IV: Using Peers in the Classroom
These are also available as a Five Volume Set
“What type of method should I use? How do I collect and analyze the data? Once I have the information, what do I do with it? And then what? Friedman thoroughly outlines the answers to these questions. While focused on first-year seminars, the guidance offered in this volume could be applied to a variety of programs, courses, and fields.”
- NACADA Journal
List of Tables and Figures
Notes on the Series—Tracy L. Skipper, Series Editor
Introduction
Chapter 1: An Overview of First-Year Seminar Assessment
Chapter 2: A Framework for Assessing a First-Year Seminar
Chapter 3: Approaches to Data Collection: The How of Assessment Planning
Chapter 4: Approaches to Data Collection: The Who of Assessment Planning
Chapter 5: Analyzing, Interpreting, and Making Use of Assessment Results
Chapter 6: The Course Review Process: Determining Relevance
Appendix A: Sample Assessment Plan From University 101 at the University of South Carolina
Appendix B: Assessment Plan for Campbell University Freshman Seminar
References
Index
About the Author