TY - GEN
T1 - Scenario-based assessment of learning experiences
AU - Haynes, Steven R.
AU - Spence, Larry
AU - Lenze, Lisa
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Learning assessment continues to challenge instructors in higher education. Particularly challenging is finding assessment methods that provide insights into both how well a particular learning activity performs, and what can be done to enhance its effectiveness. This paper presents a method for assessing the learning that derives from course-related experiences, both in and out of the classroom. The method uses students' selfreported learning scenarios as the focal unit of analysis. Students are asked to write two scenarios each semester. One scenario describes a valuable learning experience, and the other a situation where they felt a course-related learning activity was not effective. Results from use of the method suggest it may be a generally effective tool for both assessment and design/re-design of learning activity. Effectiveness of the method is supported by evidence from an object-oriented design and programming course over four semesters.
AB - Learning assessment continues to challenge instructors in higher education. Particularly challenging is finding assessment methods that provide insights into both how well a particular learning activity performs, and what can be done to enhance its effectiveness. This paper presents a method for assessing the learning that derives from course-related experiences, both in and out of the classroom. The method uses students' selfreported learning scenarios as the focal unit of analysis. Students are asked to write two scenarios each semester. One scenario describes a valuable learning experience, and the other a situation where they felt a course-related learning activity was not effective. Results from use of the method suggest it may be a generally effective tool for both assessment and design/re-design of learning activity. Effectiveness of the method is supported by evidence from an object-oriented design and programming course over four semesters.
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2009.5350730
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2009.5350730
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951468086
SN - 9781424447152
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - 39th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference
T2 - 39th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Imagining and Engineering Future CSET Education, FIE 2009
Y2 - 18 October 2009 through 21 October 2009
ER -