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Assessment
Primer: The Assessment Learning Cycle
Successful assessment requires articulating goals
and objectives for learning:
- Goals for learning – express intended results
in general terms. Used to describe broad learning concepts;
e.g., clear communication, problem solving, and ethical awareness.
- Objectives for learning – express intended results
in precise terms. Used to describe specific behaviors students
should exhibit; e.g., “graduates in speech communication
should be able to interpret non-verbal behavior and to support
arguments with credible evidence”.
Objectives may also be thought of as intended outcomes, and
the assessment results as the actual outcomes. Assessment involves
comparing the measured learning outcomes with the intended learning
objectives to enable changes to be made to improve student learning.
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