Washington State University’s accreditation was re-affirmed following submission of a three year report and a virtual visit last spring by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), WSU’s regional accrediting body. In his Perspectives blog on October 17, 2013, President Elson Floyd highlighted WSU’s progress and future challenges in the assessment of teaching and learning. […]
Scientific Teaching involves applying scientific methods and rigor to teaching practice; it encourages using active learning strategies to better engage students in learning. On October 17, Dr. Samantha Gizerian and Dr. Steve Lampa introduced the principles of scientific teaching as part of the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Teaching Academy. Attendees mapped deliberate teaching methods to […]
The flipped classroom is a teaching model in which students study traditional lecture material outside of class and instructors use class time to guide activities traditionally assigned as homework. Flipping the classroom allows instructors to repurpose class time for student questions about lecture content, hands-on application of knowledge, and interaction with classmates around course material. A large […]
Dr. Scott Freeman, an NSF-funded biology education researcher and UW Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, shared insights from his research at the School of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series on September 19th, 2013. Dr. Freeman’s research focuses on enhancing student learning and success in introductory biology courses, using low cost or no cost techniques. He is the […]
All of WSU’s undergraduate degree programs submitted their 2013 annual assessment reports this summer, aligned with the new more faculty-friendly deadline of June 1st. Program assessment and reporting contribute to maintaining the university’s accreditation, as well as providing much-needed information to colleges, campuses and WSU as a whole. ATL appreciates the efforts by assessment coordinators, […]
This Fall, four WSU UCORE science courses are piloting the Science Literacy Concept Inventory (SLCI) to gauge students’ grasp of science literacy. Science literacy, one of WSU’s Seven Learning Goals of the Baccalaureate, refers to an individual’s understanding of scientific concepts as a tool to guide decision-making, participation in civic affairs, economic productivity and global […]
All 54 WSU undergraduate programs submitted annual assessment reports in October. ATL compiled the results and provided summaries for each college as well as a WSU-wide summary. The 2012 reports indicate that several significant goals have been achieved in WSU’s undergraduate program assessment.
100% of WSU’s undergraduate programs submitted their annual assessment reports this month. We appreciate the efforts by assessment coordinators, faculty and leadership to meet this deadline. Your work for program assessment and reporting contribute to the university’s accreditation, as well as provide information to your colleges and WSU. ATL is in the process of analyzing […]
Undergraduate programs are submitting their annual reports by September 1. See WSU News article: Templates, other changes simplify assessment reporting
ATL Director Kimberly Green is now also serving as Interim Director of Institutional Accreditation. Since May, she has been working with leadership institution-wide to report in areas of governance, undergraduate and graduate education, online programs, student affairs, business and finance, human resources, libraries and physical and technical infrastructure. As Washington State University prepares for reaccreditation, new […]