A Survey Tool for Assessing Student Expectations Early in a Semester

Quality learning is fostered when faculty members are aware of and address student expectations for course learning activities and assessments. However, faculty often have difficulty identifying and addressing student expectations given variations in students’ backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs a...

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Autores principales: Karl R. B. Schmitt, Elise A. Larsen, Matthew Miller, Abdel-Hameed A. Badawy, Mara Dougherty, Artesha Taylor Sharma, Katie Hrapczynski, Andrea Andrew, Breanne Robertson, Alexis Williams, Sabrina Kramer, Spencer Benson
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7a2745ec30e742b89ad7a679c070c9252021-11-15T15:18:40ZA Survey Tool for Assessing Student Expectations Early in a Semester10.1128/jmbe.v14i2.5811935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/7a2745ec30e742b89ad7a679c070c9252013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v14i2.581https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885Quality learning is fostered when faculty members are aware of and address student expectations for course learning activities and assessments. However, faculty often have difficulty identifying and addressing student expectations given variations in students’ backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs about education. Prior research has described significant discrepancies between student and faculty expectations that result from cultural backgrounds (1), technological expertise (2), and ‘teaching dimensions’ as described by Trudeau and Barnes (4). Such studies illustrate the need for tools to identify and index student expectations, which can be used to facilitate a dialogue between instructor and students. Here we present the results of our work to develop, refine, and deploy such a tool.Karl R. B. SchmittElise A. LarsenMatthew MillerAbdel-Hameed A. BadawyMara DoughertyArtesha Taylor SharmaKatie HrapczynskiAndrea AndrewBreanne RobertsonAlexis WilliamsSabrina KramerSpencer BensonAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 14, Iss 2, Pp 255-257 (2013)
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Karl R. B. Schmitt
Elise A. Larsen
Matthew Miller
Abdel-Hameed A. Badawy
Mara Dougherty
Artesha Taylor Sharma
Katie Hrapczynski
Andrea Andrew
Breanne Robertson
Alexis Williams
Sabrina Kramer
Spencer Benson
A Survey Tool for Assessing Student Expectations Early in a Semester
description Quality learning is fostered when faculty members are aware of and address student expectations for course learning activities and assessments. However, faculty often have difficulty identifying and addressing student expectations given variations in students’ backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs about education. Prior research has described significant discrepancies between student and faculty expectations that result from cultural backgrounds (1), technological expertise (2), and ‘teaching dimensions’ as described by Trudeau and Barnes (4). Such studies illustrate the need for tools to identify and index student expectations, which can be used to facilitate a dialogue between instructor and students. Here we present the results of our work to develop, refine, and deploy such a tool.
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author Karl R. B. Schmitt
Elise A. Larsen
Matthew Miller
Abdel-Hameed A. Badawy
Mara Dougherty
Artesha Taylor Sharma
Katie Hrapczynski
Andrea Andrew
Breanne Robertson
Alexis Williams
Sabrina Kramer
Spencer Benson
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Alexis Williams
Sabrina Kramer
Spencer Benson
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title A Survey Tool for Assessing Student Expectations Early in a Semester
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