Assurance of Learning: What Do Economics Faculty Know and What Do They Believe?

This paper reports on the perceptions of teaching economists of the nature, implementation and result of outcomes assessment/assurance of learning (AOL) in higher education. The results reported in the paper are based on over eight hundred responses to a web-based survey of teaching economists. Whil...

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Published inJournal of case studies in accreditation and assessment Vol. 1
Main Authors Eschenfelder, Mark J, Bryan, Lois D, Lee, Tanya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Publisher Info: Academic and Business Research Institute 01.09.2010
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Achievement Rating
Beliefs
Course Evaluation
Economics Education
Higher Education
Instructional Effectiveness
Learning Processes
Online Surveys
Outcome Measures
Program Effectiveness
Program Implementation
Student Evaluation
Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Participation
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This paper reports on the perceptions of teaching economists of the nature, implementation and result of outcomes assessment/assurance of learning (AOL) in higher education. The results reported in the paper are based on over eight hundred responses to a web-based survey of teaching economists. While there is little consensus among economists about assurance of learning some generalizations may be made. Economists involved in the assurance of learning process have different perceptions than those uninvolved in the process. For example, more (as a percentage) economists involved in the process indicated assurance of learning has improved student learning than uninvolved economists. However, even among involved economists almost a third disagree with the statement "The OA/AOL process has led to improved student learning at my institution."
ISSN:1941-3386