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Recent Posts
- Moving Out and On: Illinois Students at Out-of-State Colleges April 20, 2018
- An Insider’s Take on Assessment Reaction January 16, 2018
- Incorporating Design Principles in Writing Student Learning Outcomes December 11, 2017
- Learning Goals, Objectives, & Outcomes: They’re All the Same December 8, 2017
- Wayfinding & Curriculum Mapping in Higher Education December 6, 2017
- Assessment and Stories We Tell Students April 24, 2017
- Bunking & Debunking Altucher’s 15 Essential Skills They Don’t Teach in College April 11, 2017
- Illinois High School Graduates and Out-of-State Colleges July 21, 2016
- End Planning and Start Storytelling with Learning Outcomes May 5, 2016
- Best Practice and Kind-of-Best-Practice Guidelines for Writing Learning Outcomes May 5, 2016
- Do We Really Need Student Learning Outcomes? March 2, 2016
- Assessment Planning and Decision-making: The Problems with Assessment Frameworks August 31, 2015
- Junk Assessment and Junk Miles: Quit Worrying About Assessment August 27, 2015
- Assessment and Evaluation Distinctions August 26, 2015
- Shadow & Genuine Assessment October 14, 2014
- Getting Assessment Results Off the Shelf: The Where and the When of Assessment October 14, 2014
- Serendipitous Assessment September 17, 2014
- Differentiating Between Levels of Assessment: Program Goals and Learning Outcomes September 17, 2014
- Where Assessment Works Best September 17, 2014
- Making Assessment Useful: Why People Are Really Bad At Using Results for Decision-Making September 17, 2014
- Getting Organized with Assessment – A Framework September 17, 2014
- Survey Guidelines, Part 3: The Social Context of Surveys September 17, 2014
- Survey Guidelines, Part 2: Survey Questions September 17, 2014
- Survey Guidelines, Part 1: Survey Design September 17, 2014
Category Archives: Surveys
Survey Guidelines, Part 3: The Social Context of Surveys
(Originally posted: Friday, December 13th, 2013) Surveys, like all evaluations, take place in a social and political context. Here are some guidelines for navigating these dynamics in the context of surveys: 1. Always include the people in charge of a … Continue reading
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Survey Guidelines, Part 2: Survey Questions
(Originally posted: Friday, December 13th, 2013) In Mail and Internet Surveys, the authors state that surveys consist of two languages: the language of words and the language of navigational layout. This post addresses the former. In Asking Questions, the authors … Continue reading
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Survey Guidelines, Part 1: Survey Design
(Originally posted: Friday, December 13th, 2013) When it comes to surveys, colleges and universities have many options. The Association for Institutional Research lists 251 instruments and surveys. Surveys are appealing because researchers can reach large audiences and, with new advances … Continue reading
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