At Northwestern University, we believe that student learning happens throughout and across the college experience. The following four broad, division-wide student learning domains and related student ...

The University Assessment Steering Committee (UASC), in conjunction with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, requests information regarding student learning outcomes assessment as a part of the ...

While individual colleges have unique missions, many share the same learning goals that include a student’s proficiency in reading, writing, critical thinking and mathematics. The ability to assess ...

When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

Outcomes can be at the university, program or course level. Learning outcomes may be defined as the change in a student’s knowledge or skills as a result of the student’s experience(s). The focus of ...

Outcome-Based Education (OBE) is a pedagogical framework that begins with clearly defined learning outcomes and works backwards to design curricula, instruction and assessment. Assessment strategies ...

Student learning outcomes (SLOs) in our academic and co-curricular programs reflect the specific types of learning (knowledge, skills, dispositions) we expect as a result of students’ educational ...

Clearly, many aspects of everyday living have begun to change in the emerging, evolving age of AI. Higher education must ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

Pick one of your current course learning outcomes or create a new one based on a topic you teach. Evaluate the outcome using these questions: Is it specific and measurable? Does it focus on observable ...

Learning outcomes are the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students are expected to develop through a particular educational experience. The faculty of every degree program at The New School have ...