Abstract #261
Section: Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education (orals)
Session: Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Strategies for Assessing Student Learning
Format: Oral
Day/Time: Monday 4:00 PM–4:30 PM
Location: Room 264
Presentation is being recorded
Session: Teaching/Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Strategies for Assessing Student Learning
Format: Oral
Day/Time: Monday 4:00 PM–4:30 PM
Location: Room 264
Presentation is being recorded
# 261
Methods of assessing learning utilized by university faculty in animal and dairy science programs.
A. J. Carpenter*1, E. L. Karcher2, C. C. Williams3, 1Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Ridgetown, ON, Canada, 2Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 3School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Key Words: learning, education, assessment
Speaker Bio
Methods of assessing learning utilized by university faculty in animal and dairy science programs.
A. J. Carpenter*1, E. L. Karcher2, C. C. Williams3, 1Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Ridgetown, ON, Canada, 2Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 3School of Animal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Educators have a wide variety of assessment styles available to determine whether students are achieving the stated learning outcomes for a course, and the assessment chosen by an educator may be determined by several factors, including the educator’s teaching style, the course content, the course level, and the size of the course. An electronic survey was distributed to members of the American Dairy Science Association to collect feedback from dairy and animal science educators in post-secondary education on the methods that they use for assessing student learning. Questions were asked to determine level of education and experience, teaching load, course expectations, methods of assessment, and attitudes toward using technology for assessing student learning. Educators may benefit from hearing about the various assessment strategies used by their peers and learn new ways of evaluating their students’ knowledge.
Key Words: learning, education, assessment
Speaker Bio
Dr. Carpenter is an assistant professor at the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, where she teaches dairy production courses and coaches the dairy judging and Dairy Challenge teams. Her research program focuses on applied dairy nutrition management.
