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1. This is the e-mail database for the Fall/Winter Assessment/Retention Seminar At MSU-B 2007ass_lst_f.html

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Below are the notes from each of our seminar sessions

2. Assessment/Retention Meeting Agenda and Moving along on a Grant Proposal mfri4@aol.com November 1, 2007 11:28:25
  1. PROBLEM DEFINITION:
  2. SEEING ASSESSMENT IN CURRICULAR TERMS:
  3. USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT SERVES EDUCATION GOALS:
  4. SOME PHRASES FROM OUR DISCUSSION:
  5. OUR NEXT STEPS AND CAMPUS SUPPORT:
11-01-07ass-retMeetAgenda.html

3. Connecting to other schools and NSF programs related to Assessment, 11/07/07 TIME: 20:49:19
  1. Million dollar NSF grant recently given to UCI
  2. Mastery learning, WebWorks and its success at UCI
  3. Classes involved in our program
  4. STEP as a possible grant
The attached pdf file is UC Irvine Awarded $999,666 Improving Teacher Quality Grant. 11-07-07webworks-uci.html %-%-% 11-07-07webworks-uci.pdf

4. Retention vs Assessment and an Overview of the Tools we intend to use, Notes of 11/26/07
  1. RETENTION vs ASSESSMENT:
    I.a. Identifying if the problem we would like to solve is retention:
    I.b. Identifying what ideas we bring to assessment that makes it a solution:
  2. OVERALL TECHNOLOGY TOOL:
    II.a. Response to #1: More information on IQs and WWs:
    II.b. Response to #2: Grading by the Instructor and Feedback to the Student:
    II.c. Response to #3: Training others in the use of WWs and IQs:
    II.d. Response to #4: Reporting on Results:
  3. EDUCATIONAL AND CURRICULAR TOOLS:
  4. GATHERING STUDENT PROFILES:
  5. MORE ON THE POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE:
11-20-07ed-techTools.html

5. Setting tasks for the Retention/Assessment Seminar Participants, Notes of 11/28/07
  1. Inspect possible RFPs for how easy it would be to take our Posed Problem/Tentative Solution to them for implementation
  2. Pose questions for yourself (first) with an eye for a proposal reader about how the assessment tools actually work
  3. Identify the segments of the campus that we would need to include in our proposal
11-28-07setting-sem-tasks.html

6. Checking the Virtues of Going for a STEP Grant using Minutes from November 30, 2007: There are two main items covered by this file.
  1. Proposing a meeting that follows the suggestion of Dave for going for a STEP Proposal:
  2. Minutes from Nov 30, 2007 that will help structure this upcoming meeting:
MinutesMtgNov30.html

7. Integrating Educational Assessment into the Insitution, Opening discussion 12/02/07. The attached pdf file discusses how one (large) town used educational assessment data to inform all of its organizational meetings. Topic for discussion: In what ways do we aspire too/want to avoid looking like this? Institutional-EducAssess.pdf

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