Assessing Student Learning in Undergraduate Geology Courses by Correlating Assessment with What We Want To Teach.

Brunkhorst, Bonnie J.

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ERIC Number: EJ572538

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Assessing Student Learning in Undergraduate Geology Courses by Correlating Assessment with What We Want To Teach.

Brunkhorst, Bonnie J.

Journal of Geoscience Education, v44 n4 p373-78 Sep 1996

Assessment provides feedback to teachers so that instruction can be modified. It also provides feedback to students during and after the course. Discusses approaches to assessment in geology courses that relate assessment to instruction. Three student assignments are described: (1) Personal Question Sheets; (2) a report on Personal/Social Issues Informed by Geology; and (3) portfolios. (PVD)

Descriptors: Assignments, College Science, Critical Thinking, Geology, Higher Education, Inquiry, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation, Portfolio Assessment, Science Education, Student Evaluation, Writing Assignments

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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