Resource Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment in General Education
Ways to Achieve Goals
Faculty Development:
- Performance Criteria for Learning Outcomes Workshops
(December, January, and June)
- Writing Lesson Plans Workshops (December, January, June)
- Embedding Critical Reading/Critical Thinking Workshops (May/November)
- Annual Critical Thinking Academy, Foundations and Center for Critical Thinking in Berkeley, CA (July) www.criticalthinking.org
- International Critical Thinking Academy, England, U.K. (every two years)
www.criticalthinking.org - New Directions in the Humanities Conference (international) (July/August) www.humanitiessymposium.com
- Student-Centered Coaching and Modeling (July/August; December/January)
Faculty Conference Presentations:
- “Introducing, Integrating, & Assessing Critical Thinking Across the Core Curriculum and Across Disciplines” at the New Directions in the Humanities Conference in Paris, France, 2007 (www.humanitiessymposium.com )
- “Blurring Disciplinary Boundaries” at the Third Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Sciences in Prato, Italy, 2008 (www.SocialScienceConference.com )
Student Profiles for Student Interventions:
- ETS’ Measurement of Academic Performance and Proficiencies Test (August)
- Noel Levitz’s Student Retention Management System (College Student Inventory) (August)
- Millon Counseling Inventory (August)
ONGOING Assessment Workshops:
Writing Goals and Outcomes
Aligning Learning Outcomes, Courses, and Assessment
Creating Rubrics
Writing Interdisciplinary Outcomes
Culminating Capstone Course Measurements
Item Design Training for Multiple Choice Exams
Item Review Training for Multiple Choice Exams
Value-added Measurements
Embedding Critical Thinking Across Disciplines
Technological Support (see bound inventory of equipment)
Research Aids (see bound inventory of books, workbooks, videos, and charts)
Teaching Aids (see bound inventory of books, workbooks, videos, and charts)
Webinar Series (see bound inventory for Publisher’s website addresses)
Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Bibliography (see bound inventory)
Subscriptions:
Assessment (AAC&U)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Civic Engagement (AAC&U)
College Language Association Journal
Education Week
Diversity (AAC&U)
General Education (AAC&U)
Global Learning (AAC&U)
Journal of General Education (PSU)
Liberal Education (AAC&U)
The Newsletter of the Association of General and Liberal Studies (Ball State U)
Peer Review (AAC&U)
The Wall Street Journal
The Handbook of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Summer, 2007
(in revision)
Table of Contents
- History of General Education at Morehouse College
- Performance Criteria for Course/Syllabi Preparations:
Freshman Orientation
Health and Physical Education
English Composition/ English Composition Lab
Research Writing/ Research Writing Lab
College Math/College Math Lab
Finite Math/Finite Math Lab
PreCalculus/PreCalculus Lab
Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish and French)
African American History Within the Diaspora
Speech Professional Communications
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Literary Perspectives on the Americas
Major Authors: Crime and Punishment
Images: Literature and Film
Men in Society
Spirituality, Ethics, and Leadership
Leadership and Civic Engagement
Nobel Laureate: Diversity, Discipline and Leadership
The Course Syllabi and Lesson Plan: Some Models
Student-Centered Education Theory
Learning Styles Theory
Socratic Questioning
Classroom Assessment Tools:
Course Action Forms
Quick Review Form in English and Critical Thinking
Quick Review Form in Math
Student Feedback Questionnaire (course level)
Video-based peer mentoring
Measuring and Evaluating Student Achievement
Oral questions
Written exams
Demonstration Projects
Observations
Student Feedback Questionnaire (program level)