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Assessing Multiple Dimensions of Significant Learning

Jennifer E. Rivera

William F. Heinrich

Integrating Curricular and Co-Curricular Endeavors to Enhance Student Outcomes

ISBN: 978-1-78635-064-0, eISBN: 978-1-78635-063-3

Publication date: 22 December 2016

Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed to match high-impact, experiential learning with equally powerful assessment practices.

Methodology/approach

We observed three examples of programs, analyzing individual student artifacts to identify multiple learning outcomes across domains through a novel approach to assessment.

Findings

Important outcomes from this effort were boundary-crossing qualities made visible through a multi perspective assessment process.

Research limitations/implications

Future research should focus on the nature of experiential learning and measurement thereof.

Practical implications

Learning design should consider experiences as a means to reflection, which complement content delivery. Instructors may restructure course credit loads to better reflect additional learning outcomes.

Social implications

Learners with this feedback may be able to better articulate sociocultural learning.

Originality/value

Describes learning in experiential and high-impact education; novel assessment of experiential learning in university setting.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

This research was made possible with support from Christine Geith, former Assistant Provost and Executive Director of MSU Global; David Wheeler, Director of the Media Sandbox within the College of Communication Arts and Sciences; Jeffery T. Grabill, Chairperson of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Culture; Dale Elshoff, Founder of Spartans Without Borders at MSU. Authors contributed equally to this study.

Citation

Rivera, J.E. and Heinrich, W.F. (2016), "Assessing Multiple Dimensions of Significant Learning", Wankel, L.A. and Wankel, C. (Ed.) Integrating Curricular and Co-Curricular Endeavors to Enhance Student Outcomes, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 417-450. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78635-064-020161017

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited