Both the office of Assessment of Student Learning and the Faculty Center for
Excellence in Teaching and Learning (L-145 E) have books and articles on
assessment that can be borrowed. Drop by the Centers to browse through these
sources. Also, be sure to check out the on-line sources by clicking on
"Assessment Links".
Some of the books available are:
Designing & Assessing Courses & Curricula: A practical
guide.
Robert M. Diamond.
Student Assessment-as-Learning at Alverno College.
Alverno College
Faculty
Assessing General Education Outcomes for the Individual Student:
Performance Assessment-as-Learning, Part 1. Judeen Schulte &
Georgine Loacker
Architecture for Change: Information as
Foundation. Presentations
from the 1998 AAHE Assessment Conference
Learning Through Assessment: A Resource Guide for Higher
Education. AAHE
Assessment Forum
Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and
Assessment. Barbara
Walvoord & Virginia Johnson Anderson
On-Campus Assessment Events
From time-to-time the campus hosts presentations and workshops on
assessment. The planned activities for the rest of 2000 are listed below:
In February...
"Instructional
Institute Day 2000" -
This one day event will be held on Thursday, February 10,
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the CSU, Stanislaus Events Center. A variety of afternoon
workshops will be offered including, "Promoting
Learning Through Assessment:
Practical Methods for Classroom Use" presented by Gary Novak.
"Assessment: A
Natural Part of Student and Faculty Learning" -
Dr. Barbara Cambridge, the Director of Teaching Initiatives for the
American Association for Higher Education, will speak at the "Big
Event" on Friday, February 25 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
In March...
"Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and
Assessment" - Dr. Barbara
Walvoord, Director of the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning and
Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, will present a day of
workshops on Wednesday, March 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
In
May...
Assessment
Grant Awards announcement -
Assessment grant recipients will be announced by memo on Monday, May
1.
In June...
Summer Workshop -
Presenters, Dr. Lynda Harding and Dr. Dianne Dickerson of CSU Fresno, will host
our Summer Sciences Workshop on Wednesday, August 9 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Off-Campus Assessment Events
In March...
Assessment Best
Practices: Techniques, Strategies, and Implementation. Fourth
Annual Assessment ConferencePresented by Cal State Fullerton
on
Thursday & Friday,
March 2 - 3 at the Marriott Hotel in
Fullerton.
CSU Conference on
Assessing General Education Learning Outcomes-
This conference will be held on
In April...
Learning,
Teaching and Technology: Assessment in the New Millennium:
Colorado
Regional Higher Education Assessment Conference - This
conference will be held on April
6-8 at tion: Tivoli
Student Union, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO.
In June...
"Rising
Expectations: Can Assessment Deliver?" -
This conference will be held from Wednesday through Sunday,
June 14 -18 at the
Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC.
If you are interested in attending any of the above, or would like
more information, please fill out the form below or phone the Assessment Office
at 3994.
