The Effect of Informational Characteristics and Faculty Knowledge and Beliefs on the Use of Assessment

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• 作者：Jessica L. Jonson ; Robert J. Thompson Jr.…
• 关键词：Use of Assessment ; Faculty Knowledge ; Student Outcomes Assessment ; Beliefs
• 刊名：Innovative Higher Education
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：42
• 期：1
• 页码：33-47
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• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Higher Education;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-1758
• 卷排序：42

文摘

Increasing the use of learning outcome assessments to inform educational decisions is a major challenge in higher education. For this study we used a sense-making theoretical perspective to guide an analysis of the relationship of information characteristics and faculty assessment knowledge and beliefs with the use of general education assessment information at three research institutions with similar organizational contexts. Study findings indicate that the likelihood of using assessment information increases when assessment evidence is action oriented and viewed as of high quality and when faculty members are knowledgeable, have positive dispositions toward assessment, and have a perception of institutional support for engagement in assessment activities.