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July 3, 2025
Meaningful Course Revision: Enhancing Academic Engagement Using Student Learning Data
- Author
- Wehlburg, Catherine M.
- Publisher
- Anker Publishing Company, Inc., Bolton, MA
- ISBN
- 1933371056
- Table of Contents
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About the Author
Preface
ch. 1 Date-Based Decision-Making
Engaged Students
ch. 2 Designing Course-Based
Assessment Activities
Measures you Already Have
Measures You Can Create
Student Satisfaction Measures
Specific Methods for Course-Based Assessment
ch. 3 Using Data Enhance Innovation in Course Redesign
What is innovation in course redesign?
Getting Innovative
ch. 4 Rethinking Teaching and Learning
Student-Centered Teaching
Student Engagement
Transfer of Learning
The "Guide on the Side."
Active Learning
Applying Rubrics to Enhance Learning
Conclusion
ch. 5 Embedding Assessment Activities in Meaningful Ways
Outline Your Teaching Goals
Review Current Teaching and In-Class Activities
Consider Adapting Existing Activities
Create New Methods to Assess Student Learning
The Importance of Embedding Activities
ch. 6 Planning The Course
Student Learning Outcomes and Other Data Sources
Teaching and Learning Activities
Grading Policies and Process
Enjoyment of Teaching
ch. 7 Closing the Feedback Loop
Collecting Informal Feedback
Embedded Assessment Items
Closing the Feedback Loop
ch. 8 Moving from Course-Level Decision-Making to Departmental Curriculum Planning
Mission Statement
Development of Student Learning Outcomes
Determining When Specific Outcomes Should Be Met
Sharing Objectives with Students
Collecting Information on Specific Objectives
Identifying Other Sources of Data
Using Data to Make Departmental Curricular Decisions
Conclusion
ch. 9 Creating a Culture of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment
Benefits of a Culture of Assessment
Possible Obstacles to Building a Culture of Assessment
Transforming an Institution's Culture
Accreditation Issues
Characteristics of an Institutional Culture of Assessment
Conclusion
Suggested Reading
Bibliography
Faculty are often motivated to change the activities and design of their courses for reasons not based on data. In Meaningful Course Revision, the author seeks instead to illustrate how the appropriate use of multiple, direct measures of student-learning outcomes can lead to enhanced course development and revision. While providing an outline of methods for creating significant learning experiences, the book also includes practical suggestions for shaping the design of a course to meet student needs.
Meaningful Course Revision urges a rethinking of teaching and learning. By making student advancement its focal point, it offers guidance through
* Data-based decision making
* Designing course-based assessment activities
* Using data to enhance innovation in course redesign
* Rethinking teaching and learning
* Embedding assessment activities in meaningful ways
* Planning the course
* Closing the feedback loop
* Moving from course-level decision making to departmental curriculum planning
* Creating a culture of student-learning outcomes assessment
Written for faculty seeking advice on how to keep their teaching interesting and effective, Meaningful Course Revision is a practical guide for collecting information about how well students are reaching course goals, learning what impact course changes are having on student learning, and putting courses into a cycle of continual revision and improvement. (From the Publisher)
Meaningful Course Revision urges a rethinking of teaching and learning. By making student advancement its focal point, it offers guidance through
* Data-based decision making
* Designing course-based assessment activities
* Using data to enhance innovation in course redesign
* Rethinking teaching and learning
* Embedding assessment activities in meaningful ways
* Planning the course
* Closing the feedback loop
* Moving from course-level decision making to departmental curriculum planning
* Creating a culture of student-learning outcomes assessment
Written for faculty seeking advice on how to keep their teaching interesting and effective, Meaningful Course Revision is a practical guide for collecting information about how well students are reaching course goals, learning what impact course changes are having on student learning, and putting courses into a cycle of continual revision and improvement. (From the Publisher)