Learning Outcomes Areas
Information for Students
Information for Faculty
Requirements by Degree
Courses that Meet Requirements
Committees and Procedures
Assessment Plan
Updated April 26, 2006
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General Education at Ferris State University
Other Assessment Methods by Outcome
The following assessments of student learning are also available for each outcome area:
- Writing
Direct measure of student learning - portfolio assessment at all levels
Indirect measure of student learning - Ferris student survey
- Speech
Direct measure - in progress (some experimentation with video portfolios)
Indirect measure - Ferris student survey
- Reading
Indirect measure - Ferris student survey
- Quantitative Skills
Direct measure - locally developed tests for students entering and exiting courses
- Scientific Reasoning
Direct measure - experimentation with locally developed pre- and post-tests administered via WebCT
- Social Awareness
Direct measures - experimentation with locally developed multiple-choice test for entering and exiting students / plan to pilot a new assessment method in 2003-04
- Cultural Enrichment
Direct measures - experimentation with locally developed controlled essay questions
Indirect measure - experimentation with survey to students entering and exiting Cultural Enrichment classes
- Global Consciousness
Direct measure - experimentation with locally developed test
- Race/Ethnicity/Gender
Measures - under development / some discussion of a pre- and post-test instrument - assessment instrument cannot be finalized and implemented until the appropriate courses are designated and the requirement itself is implemented
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