Archive | Assessment

Student Reflections | May 5, 2015

Screenshot of a personal portfolio website titled “Nikki Nagler,” with a city skyline banner, navigation menu, a graduate portrait, and a short bio with contact email.

Creating an ePortfolio

By ACERT and Nikki Nagler
Topics : Assess student work, ePortfolios

An ePortfolio is an online archive of an individual student’s academic career. Throughout the experience of creating one, I came to many realizations which all led to the same conclusion: ePortfolios are useful.

Assess It! | April 28, 2015

Silhouetted figures with question marks and the word “feedback” on a colorful gradient background.

How do you know when you don’t know?

By ACERT and Lindsay Portnoy
Topics : Assess student work

In my scholarly work I've studied the way people come to know what they don't know by looking at the questions they ask. In my teaching, I try to understand what it is students don't know by modeling and encouraging questioning.

News and Announcements | April 7, 2015

Text graphic reading “Citizen Participation” in large serif letters.

Making citizens at the AAC&U Conference

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Identify outcomes

How do we, as teachers, "make citizens" - people with the values, knowledge, and skills to be able to work with others to articulate and solve complex problems?

Assess It! | March 30, 2015

Changing the question

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Identify outcomes

If you're not interested in what your assessment findings tell you - if you're not interested in the answer - then maybe it's time to change the question.

Student Reflections | March 4, 2015

Students seated at desks in a classroom, writing on papers during an exam or activity.

A student’s perspective on assessment

By ACERT and Nikki Nagler
Topics : Assess student work, Course design

Good assessment improves student learning and enhances teaching effectiveness.

Assess It! | February 19, 2015

Great gen ed assessment

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assess student work, Close the loop, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Faculty and staff from all over the state came to Hunter to talk about What Every College Graduate Should Know. The topic under discussion? How you know when they know.