The Fifth Annual
Assessment as Research Symposium
Building Mode: Sharing Practices, Successes, and Lessons Learned
Presentations & Posters
March 7, 2018
9:00 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m.
KL 355 ~ Third Floor of the Library
PROGRAM & SCHEDULE
(FULL PROGAM W/ABSTRACTS)
9:00 - 9:30 PART I: BREAKFAST & ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS, POSTERS
Round Table 1: How to Facilitate the Use of Survey Data and Institutional Data in Assessment Work
Hosts: Corinne Townsend and Steve Chatman, Institutional Research and Decision Support
Round Table 2: The Student Voice in Assessment
Host: Alisha Kimble, Office of Undergraduate Education
Round Table 3: Assessment and Continuous Improvement
Host: Jason Martin, Business and Financial Strategic Initiatives
POSTERS
Students Assessing Teaching and Learning (SATAL) Program
Small group inquiry as a way to foster critical thinking, further understanding of material, and improve test performance in an introductory marine science course—an Undergraduate Learning Outcomes Assessment: Pedagogy and Program Planning project at UC Merced
Jesse Wilson and J. Michael Beman, Biological Sciences, Earth Systems Science
Assessing Student Self-Efficacy in an Entry-Level Biology Course
Sarah Abboud, Biological Sciences
9:30 - 12:00 PART II: PRESENTATIONS
Opening Remarks
Tom Peterson, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Teaching Critical Thinking: Challenges and Strategies
Ekta Kandhway, Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Program
Nothing is Set in Stone: Updating and Aligning our Co-curricular Student Learning Outcomes
Emily Langdon, Leilani Kupo, Onar Primitivo, Student Affairs
Developing Assessment Mechanisms by Humanist Design
Nigel Hatton, English
Questions / Discussion
Using Exit Slips for Formative Assessment of Instruction
Somnath Sinha, Natural Science Education
How Administrative Units Can Take Part in Assessment Activities to Provide Evidence of Continuous Improvement
Amy Moffat, School of Natural Sciences
Questions / Discussion
Analyzing Library Occupancy and Use
Elizabeth Salmon, Joe Ameen, Library
UC Merced Technology-Enabled Active Learning (TEAL) Spaces - Assessment and Future Plans
James Zimmerman, Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning
Questions / Discussion
Closing Remarks
Elizabeth Whitt, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
