SMCM Geoff Bowers, Pam Mertz, and Kelly Neiles Led an Assessment Workshop at the AACU STEM Conference

Geoff Bowers, Pam Mertz, and Kelly Neiles Led an Assessment Workshop at the AACU STEM Conference Pamela Mertz November 06, 2020 - 6:45 pm
November 06, 2020
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Assistant Professor Geoff Bowers, Professor Pam Mertz, and Associate Professor Kelly Neiles from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry facilitated a 60 minute workshop on November 6 at the AACU 2020 Virtual Conference on Transforming STEM Education, “This Changes Everything.” The title of the workshop was “Build the Framework to Streamline Assessment: Scaffold Skills and Assess with Signature Assignments” and focused on the work the department has done to create a meaningful assessment plan as part of the CUR Transformations Project (NSF-DUE 1625354). Workshop participants were led through the process of creating program learning outcomes (PLOs) based on desired student skills and designing signature assignments to assess multiple PLOs. A longitudinal assessment rubric used by the department, the Megalorubric, was also introduced.
 
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