Rubric design and implementation of the review process

It is important to note that the GE Program Review is faculty driven and, as such, is a process in which faculty review faculty. Thus, it must be collegial in nature, sensitive, and unbiased while keeping student learning outcomes as the focus. As the process developed, it became clear that the demands of the review needed to be balanced with faculty workload that for many years had not included the collection of student and faculty data. In light of these issues, and prior to any data collection, GE Committee members developed guidelines and materials designed to capture the information needed in a sensitive and timely manner. These materials were first distributed to Area A Course Coordinators in Fall 2003-04. When the Area A Review Team began to read the course materials in the Spring, it became evident that an assessment rubric was needed. A rubric was then developed based on the guidelines and materials that had been distributed to the Course Coordinators in the Fall.

A question arose as to which kind of assessment rubric would be more beneficial to the review process-one with holistic ratings for each of the review sections, one with numerical ratings assigned for each component of each section, or a narrative worksheet with comments on each component? Two versions of the rubric were presented to the Review Team, one of which was holistic and the other that combined rating and narrative formats. Upon deliberation, use, and consensus, a model emerged which combines specific and holistic ratings with narrative (see Tables 1 and 2 in Discussion Review process). Based on an agreed upon 80% as the lower limit for acceptability of each item on the rubric, the descriptors in the holistic format vary in quality and quantity for each component across the ratings (see Table 1 in Discussion Review process). In Table 2 in Discussion Review process, the Lickert rating scale gives Review Team members the chance to rate each component of each section, and the narrative portion enables reviewers to elucidate specific concerns or highlight ways in which the teaching faculty are particularly responsive to course-level student learning objectives/outcomes and/or mastery of the University GE objectives.

Although not perfect, reviewers have generally agreed that the combination of formats provides a "reasonable guide" for the review process. While the rubrics are subject to modification by each review team, they have been used as is for Areas A, B, and C, and it is expected that modifications for future areas will be minor. The development of the rubric was critical in the process of conducting the Area reviews and it has encouraged both faculty and the reviewers to consistently focus on the essential components of the GE Program.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

قسم الشؤون الفكرية يطلق الدورة السابعة للدراسات الحوزوية الإلكترونية بمشاركة 17 دولة

المجمَع العلمي يختتم دورته التطويرية الخامسة لأساتذة التربية الإسلامية في النجف

وفد العتبتين المقدستين يحضر مجالس عزاء ضحايا حريق الكوت

العتبة العباسية المقدسة تشارك في استعادة مكتبة جامعة الموصل ورئاسة الجامعة واليونيسكو تشيدان بالشراكة معها

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

أخصائية تكشف خطورة عادة "شائعة" في غسل المناشف

دراسة: بيضة واحدة أسبوعيا قد تقي من الإصابة بـ

على عكس الشائع.. هذا هو العدد المثالي للخطوات اليومية !

شهر التوعية بالساركوما... أطباء يحذرون من "السرطان الصامت"

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

ذكر أم أنثى؟.. دراسة تنسف الاعتقاد الشائع حول جنس المولود

بحجم برج بيزا.. تحذير من كويكب يقترب من الأرض في هذا الموعد

أقصر يوم في تاريخ البشرية.. الموعد قريب ؟!!

مايكروسوفت تحذر شركات وأجهزة حكومية من هجوم "يوم الصفر"

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

An assessment framework: some background and a sales spiel

Why an assessment framework?

Assessing problematic graduate attributes: a case study

Influence by scholarship

Influence by operationalization

Influence as mentor

Curriculum influence

A conceptual framework for the A/ Deans learning and teaching role

The role of the Assistant Dean, learning & teaching

An Assistant Dean, Learning and Teachings Role in Quality Assuring Assessment

Institutionalizing a General Education Program Review Process: Outcomes Assessment Next steps

GE Program evaluation