ERIC Number: EJ1269769
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
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Using an Online Instructor Survey as Part of a Comprehensive Assessment: An Example in Oral Communication
Sapia, Molly; Heller, Gina; Dawson, Dana; Carmack, Nicholas
Research & Practice in Assessment, v15 n1 Sum 2020
Oral communication is an important learning outcome in higher education that can be difficult to assess. This article presents how one institution paired an online survey of instructors with a more traditional direct assessment to conduct a comprehensive assessment of oral communication in a General Education program, illuminating both how students are performing and how instructors are teaching oral communication. Detailed methodology and a full survey instrument are provided so that readers can translate this model to assessing oral communication or other major competency areas at their own institutions. Highlights of the survey results are also presented. The authors ultimately explain how the survey has led to faculty development around oral communication and to new oral communication resources that are aligned with the specific obstacles identified by survey respondents. They also describe how survey results helped to further explain the findings of the direct assessment.
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Online Surveys, Teacher Surveys, College Faculty, General Education, Performance Based Assessment, College Students, Communication Skills, College Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
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