Learning Outcomes with Linked Assessments – an Essential Part of our Regular Teaching Practice

Setting up learning outcomes with linked assessments is a best practice in science education. In biology teaching, faculty are beginning to establish learning outcomes and assessments in the style of concept inventories. At a recent meeting of biology faculty who have designed concept inventories, t...

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Autores principales: Ann C. Smith, Gili Marbach-Ad
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0c73cfab78e549ce828eebc14d1c5a602021-11-15T15:04:11ZLearning Outcomes with Linked Assessments – an Essential Part of our Regular Teaching Practice10.1128/jmbe.v11i2.2171935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/0c73cfab78e549ce828eebc14d1c5a602010-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v11i2.217https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885Setting up learning outcomes with linked assessments is a best practice in science education. In biology teaching, faculty are beginning to establish learning outcomes and assessments in the style of concept inventories. At a recent meeting of biology faculty who have designed concept inventories, the characteristics and uses of concept inventories were defined. Concept inventories used as pre- and post-measures of student learning provide a window into students’ understanding of key concepts of a discipline and serve as a tool to motivate faculty toward evidence-based teaching habits. A movement for the development of a microbiology concept inventory is suggested.Ann C. SmithGili Marbach-AdAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 123-129 (2010)
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Learning Outcomes with Linked Assessments – an Essential Part of our Regular Teaching Practice
description Setting up learning outcomes with linked assessments is a best practice in science education. In biology teaching, faculty are beginning to establish learning outcomes and assessments in the style of concept inventories. At a recent meeting of biology faculty who have designed concept inventories, the characteristics and uses of concept inventories were defined. Concept inventories used as pre- and post-measures of student learning provide a window into students’ understanding of key concepts of a discipline and serve as a tool to motivate faculty toward evidence-based teaching habits. A movement for the development of a microbiology concept inventory is suggested.
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