Pedagogy Jan 2010

Why Assessment?

Gerald Graff

Abstract

Outcomes assessment is necessary in higher education partly because it can counteract courseocentrism, the assumption teaching naturally occurs in isolated classrooms that leave teachers knowing little about one another and that leave students vulnerable to confusingly mixed messages as they go from course to course and subject to subject.

Journal
Pedagogy
Published
2010-01-01
DOI
10.1215/15314200-2009-028
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  1. Stewart (2023)
    Deconstructing the English Major in Senior Capstone Courses
    Pedagogy

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  1. Fendrich, Laurie. 2008. “Gerald Graff's Essay” [posting]. Inside Higher Ed, 21 February. www.insidehighered.c…
  2. Gardner, Howard. 1991. The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach. New York: Basic.
  3. Graff, Gerald. 2008. “Assessment Changes Everything.” MLA Newsletter, Spring: 3–4; simultaneously published i…
  4. Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein. 2008. “A Progressive Case for Educational Standardization.” Academe Onl…
  5. Richard. 2008. “Graff's Right” [posting]. Inside Higher Ed, 21 February. www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/02…
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