Presentations and Handouts from the 8th Annual
Texas A&M's Assessment Conference

Below you will find presentations and handouts from the Assessment Conference as well as some materials suggested by conference coordinators, speakers, and participants.

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Plenary Presentation:  Ken Bain
- What Do You Mean by Learning - handout

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Accountability/Assessment/Information: The VSA - David Shulenburger
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Assessing Learning in Student Organizations - Kathy Collins & Darby Roberts
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Assessing the Distance Learning Experience - Judith Hansen, Edward Mason, & Darlington Ndubuike
  - DN Rubric
  - DN Self-analysis Form
  - GP Single Assign  
  - GP Multiple Assign  
  - Survey Questions
  - Results Table
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Assessment of a Bachelor Program in a Community College - Oscar Plaza
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Assessment of the effect of international TAs on student attitude and learning in a first year chemistry lab program - Wendy L. Keeney-Kennicutt
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Automated Assessment of Sketched Diagrams - Tracy Hammond, Brandon Paulson, Joshua Peschel, and Joshua Johnston
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Assessment Toolkit - Kim Dooley & Leah Wickersham
- How Learner Centered Are You?
- Critical Thinking Content Analysis Activity
- Teaching Millennials
- Project Rubric
- Discussion Rubric
- 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
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"Bottoms Up" Institutional Collaboration and Creation of an Assessment Culture - Patricia Terry, Daniel Bubb, Christina Geithner, & Michael Herzog
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Building an Administrative Infrastructure for Assessment - Elizabeth Anderson-Fletcher, Todd Chaykosky, & Miguel Ramos
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Collaborating to Meet Institutional Assessment Goals - Donald R. Collins, Elizabeth Noel, Laurette Foster, Charles Bailey, & Kay Norman
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Designing and Implementing Student-Centered Assessment - Julie Wood, Leslie Waugh, Jennifer Lancaster
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Empowering Faculty to Conduct Student-Learning-Centered Program Evaluation with Course-Embedded Assessment and Virtual Data Room - Dominick E. Fazarro, & Rita Caso
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E-Portfolios:  Methodology to Support and Model Continuous Improvement in Institutional Effectiveness for Academic Programs - Carol Kominski & Mary Bold
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Family Partnerships:  Core Curriculum Assessment in the Dallas County Community College District - Allatia Harris, Janice Franklin, Karen Laljiani, & Tori Pendergrass
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Focus Groups: A Strategic Tool for Discovery and Assessment - Mary Harrington & Margie Hobbs
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Implementing CAS: What the Standards and Guidelines Don't Tell You - Sandra Marquez-Hall
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Implementing & Sustaining a Centralized Assessment System - Ann McCann
  - Exercise
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IU_RETAIN: Identifying and Retaining At-Risk Students - Hossein Hakimzadeh, Lynn Williams, & Robert Batzinger
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Measuring Critical Thinking: Lessons Learned in a 4-Year Project - C.J. Bibus
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Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership - Carol McBryde, Sarah Edwards, Kelly Tackitt, & Krista Bailey
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Online Assessment Tracking Database (OAT Db) - Jeff Roberts, Rita Caso,, Colt Ramsden, & Mitchell Muehsam
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Partnering for Capstone Assessment of Educator Preparation - Karen Smith & Brian Miller
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Putting the Pieces Together:  Participatory Management in the Creation of a Culture of Evidence for a Succesful Accreditation Experience - Robert Zeigler, Johnnie Rosenauer, & Susan Espinoza
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Subsequent Course Performance and Occupational Performance as Indicators of Student Learning - Samuel Cohn
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Systems Assessment of Doctoral Program in Systems Agriculture - David Lust, Robert DeOtte, Don Topliff, & Clay Robinson
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Using an Internship as a Capstone Experience and as a Means or Program Improvement - David Drueckhammer, Sandy Graham & Marlin Priddy
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Using E-Portfolios to Demonstrate Student Learning - Julie Wood, Leslie Waugh, Jennifer Lancaster, & Susan Sportsman
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Using Online Assessment of Student Learning and Development to Facilitate an Effective Sudy Abroad Program - Karla Eidson &Edie Cassell
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Visioning the Future:  The Collaborative Aspirations of Faculty as a Catalyst for Assessment Planning - John. Chetro-Szivos, Michael Fiorentino & Patricia Gray
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Wrestling with Alligators - Ralynn Castete, Kay Dougay, Delma McLeod-Porter & Marianne P. White
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Writing Learning Outcomes for Effective Assessment - Nancy Simpson, Jeffrey Froyd