Student Assessment of Their Learning Gains (SALG) Instrument

January 15, 2014

Instructors, are you looking for a quick way to assess if various aspects of your course are helping students learn? The Student Assessment of Their Learning Gains (SALG) is a free, adjustable course-evaluation tool that measures the degree to which a course helps students reach a course’s student learning outcomes. The SALG invites students to reflect on their own learning as a result of a course, and the extent to which specific aspects of a course influence their learning.

The instrument includes five overall questions:

How much did the following aspects of the course help you in your learning? (insert aspects of interest)
As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in your understanding of each of the following? (insert most important concepts)
As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in the following skills? (insert skills of interest)
As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in the following? (insert attitudinal issues of interest)
As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in integrating the following? (insert sub-items that address how students integrate information)

For more information about the development, validity, and reliability of SALG, see the SALG website.