NIU Assessment Scholarship
Selected scholarly articles:
- Learning-oriented assessment: a technology-based case study, by M. Keppell & D.Carless
- Learning-oriented assessment: conceptual bases and practical implications, by D. Carless
- Student involvement in assessment: a project designed to assess class participation fairly and reliably, by D. Dancer & P. Kamvounias
NIU Assessment Papers and Presentations
- Boughton, D. (2004). Promoting Creativity in the Art Class through Assessment
- Buhrow, A. & Matin Poole, S. (2011, March). Organizational Culture: Psychology, attitudes, experiences, beliefs and values of an organization [Prezi slides]. Paper presented at the annual Assessment Conference of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Atlanta, GA.
- Coller, B. An Experiment in hands-on learning in engineering mechanics: Statics.
- Coller, B. & Scott, D. Effectiveness of using a video game to teach a course in mechanical engineering.
- Coller, B. & Shernoff, D.Video game-based education in mechanical engineering: A look at student engagement.
- Douglass, C. (2008). Engagement in and Assessment of Integrative Learning. In Frontiers in Higher Education: International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (pp. 113-117). Singapore: Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning.
- Douglass, C., Boelcke, W., & Swanson, J. (2011). Does Engagement Predict Student Success? Academic Exchange Quarterly, 15(1), 67-72.
- Douglass, C. & Swanson, A. (2008). Creating a Culture of Learning with Annual Assessment Updates
- Melin, L. & Walker, D. (2009). A Data-Driven Dispositions Model for Teacher Candidates and Program Review. Action in Teacher Education, 31(1), 58-74.
- Peters, B. (2011). Lessons about Writing to Learn from a University-High School Partnership. WritingProgram Administration, 34(Spring 2011), 59-88.
Assessment Conferences
| Title | When | Submission Date |
| IUPUI Assessment Institute | October | February |
| Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education | June | February |
| South Carolina Formative Assessment Conference | November | May |
| AAC&U General Education & Assessment | February | May |
| Texas A&M Assessment Conference | February | July |
| New Mexico HE Assessment & Retention Conference | Feb/June | November |
| Atlantic Assessment Conference | April | December |
| Higher Learning Commission | April | October |
| Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference | May | December |
| Middle States Commission on Higher Education | December | May |
| International Assessment & Retention Conference | June | November |
| ACPA Institute | March | September |
| NASPA Annual Conference | March | June |
| American Educational Research Association | April | November |
| American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education | February | May |
| Association for Institutional Research | June | November |
Assessment Journals
*peer reviewed
- Academic Exchange Quarterly*
- Active Learning in Higher Education*
- Applied Psychological Measurement*
- Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education*
- Assessment in Education*
- Assessment Update
- Educational Assessment*
- Educational Researcher*
- Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research
- Journal of Higher Education*
- Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment*
- Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning*
- New Directions for Institutional Research
- Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation*
- Research in Higher Education*
- Review of Educational Research*
- Studies in Higher Education*
- The Education Forum*
- The Science Teacher
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