Re: Assessment Tools

Hello everyone,
Below is a summary of responses from my question about service-learning
assessment tools (see end of email for original posting). Thanks for your
insight! 
Ann
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As senior program advisor for higher education for the National
Service-Learning Clearinghouse, we
developed a fact sheet on "tools and methods for evaluating
service-learning in higher education."  It is available online
at:
http://www.servicelearning.org/article/archive/115/

Also, the California State University system is evaluating student
learning outcomes.  Beginning in spring 2002, the project will last
three academic terms and is examining whether service learning
impacts
attitudinal change in students in four cluster areas. These areas are
academic learning, community involvement, career preparation, and
personal development. Using campus and national models as a guide,
pre-course and post-course surveys were developed. So far, over 4,000
students have completed the surveys. The survey instruments and other
details are available online at:
http://www.calstate.edu/CSL/programs/servlearn_outcomes.shtml
From: Sarena D. Seifer (Community-Campus Partnerships for Health)
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The two resources I would steer you toward are:
Assessing Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: Principles and
Techniques. This definitive volume offers a broad overview of issues
related to assessment in higher education, with specific application for
measuring the impact of service-learning and civic engagement initiatives
on students, faculty, the institution, and the community. This revised
edition provides a comparison of assessment methods, as well as sample
assessment tools ranging from surveys to interviews to syllabus analysis
guides. By Sherril B. Gelmon, Barbara A. Holland, Amy Driscoll, Amy
Spring, and Seanna Kerrigan. 2001, 154 pages.  (available from
Campus Compact s national website)
The other is a booklet put together by Jeffrey Howard at
the University of Michigan it
has a good section on assessing student learning outcomes.  It is
essentially a how to guide for faculty. 
From: Tom Schnaubelt (Wisconsin Campus Compact)
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Here is the online assessment website that I was talking about. Hope it
is helpful.
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/salgains/instructor/default.asp
From: Sarah Hissom (UW-Madison Morgridge Center for Public
Service)


At 11:08 AM 1/31/04 -0600, you wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Here at UW-Madison, we are exploring ways to assess service-learning
> classes -- specifically, students' academic and personal development
> outcomes. We hope to develop a tool that can be used across campus in a
> variety of classes. Does your college/university have a campus-wide
> assessment instrument or methods? We would appreciate any examples you
> could provide. (Again, we are looking at student outcomes, not general
> satisfaction with the course or agency). We also would like to see any
> results you have collected. Please send information directly to Ann
> Dingman at aedingman@wisc.edu. 
>
> Thank you! 
> Ann Dingman
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> Community Service Coordinator
> UW-Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service
> 608-262-8446 
>