Indirect Measures

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Indirect Measures of Learner Outcome Achievement

1. In several courses, students are asked to reflect upon their learning and/or report their degree of self-confidence in achieving learning goals of that course.

• Example of self-assessment from FSHN 421

2. As part of their final assessments of FSHN courses and instructors, students evaluate how well course learning goals were met.

• On-line evaluation of FSHN courses and instructors

3. In FSHN 480, the senior seminar class, all FSHN seniors complete a survey in which they reflect on how well they have achieved department learning goals.

• Survey of seniors in FSHN example for Dietetics

4. One year and five years after graduation, alumni are asked to reflect on how well their curriculum in FSHN has prepared them for their profession, and how they compare themselves to other professionals with similar degrees.

• Survey of recent alumni – example for Food Science and Technology

5. The department chair conducts exit interviews with graduating seniors to discuss their overall impressions of the department and the curriculum in which they are graduating, and to obtain their recommendations for improvements.

6. The FSHN department is a participant in eDoc, a cross-disciplinary electronic portfolio project of selected departments in the College of Agriculture, College of Business, College of Design, College of Education, and College of Family and Consumer Sciences, along with Academic Information Technologies and the Instructional Technology Center. This is a campus-wide initiative to design, develop, test, and implement electronic portfolios in which students can document and reflect on their achievements and experiences.

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