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Establishing and Assessing the Paradigm Shift:
From Instructor-focused Teaching to Student-Focused Learning
Carrie BartekDr. Mary Pearce
Dr. Christopher Roddenberry
Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC <www.waketech.edu>
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What can we do to prepare our students for a global advantage?
Help them learn how to Analyze problems, Evaluate options and
Create solutions
ACE—Thinking for Life Student Learning Initiative (ACE)
• Provide a conceptual model – Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Create measurable student learning outcomes
• Assess and report these outcomes
The Conceptual Model:A New Kind of Vision
Our Conceptual Model
Anderson, L.W., et al. A Taxonomy For Learning, Teaching, And Assessing: A Revision Of
Bloom’s Taxonomy Of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman Press, 2001.
Creating Design, Develop, Propose
Evaluating Critique, Justify, Predict
Analyzing Classify, Compare, Differentiate
Applying Apply, Compute, Role-play
Understanding Explain, Identify, Summarize
Remembering Define, Identify, Recall
Bloom’s Levels Related Verbs
ACE Initiative(The Process)
1. Teach the model to teachers
2. Develop questions and grading rubrics emphasizing Bloom’s model (and verbs)
3. Become more systematic in creating and evaluating student work
Mathematical Reasoning as CT:Interpreting a Data Table
Evaluate the graph below.What factors affect GDP in Africa?
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Political Stability
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Creating Design, Develop, Propose
Evaluating Critique, Justify, Predict
Analyzing Classify, Compare, Differentiate
Applying Apply, Compute, Role-play
Understanding Explain, Identify, Summarize
Remembering Define, Identify, Recall
Bloom’s Levels Related Verbs
Quantifying Student Performance
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MeetsExpectations
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Number of Students in
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Example of Results - MathLearning Objective 11 - After completing this course, the student will analyze data. This will be demonstrated by their ability to analyze the data in a table and create the appropriate model.
Example of Results -MathThe handout Functions by Graphs is used for generating a discussion of key concepts the students must know for Test 1 in MAT 161. Upon completion, students will successfully analyze the graph of the function and interpret the rate of change of the function.
Example of Results: Sciences•Objective 16: Evaluate the risks associated with geologic hazards.
Objective 16: Geologic Hazards
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Fall 2007Unit Tests
Fall 2007FinalExam
Spring2008
Spring2008 Final
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Assessment
• Instructor Portfolio Samples
• Common questions on exams or common exams
The Spectrum of ACE Implementation
Divisions
ARTMusic
Humanities EnglishPsychology
ScienceMath
Foreign Language
Quantitative DataQualitative Data
The Paradigm Shift
•Instructor- Centered•Content-driven•Passive learning•Individual learning•Instructor as knowledge disseminator
•Learner Centered•Outcome driven•Active-learning•Collaborative learning•Instructor as learning facilitator
Challenges
