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Assessment Inquiry Grant

 

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning (OIEP) piloted the Assessment Inquiry Grant program in 2016-17, awarding $1,000 to departments that seek to go above-and-beyond their program-level assessment effort. Building upon the foundation of existing student learning outcome assessment process, the grant encourages faculty and staff to explore questions that are critical in understanding how and why student learning progresses, as well as pinpointing how to improve teaching and learning practices. In essence, the Assessment Inquiry Grant is designed to strengthen current assessment efforts and to promote a scholarship of assessment. Ultimately, the hope is that diving deeper into how students are learning will promote a culture of data driven processes to improve student success. This program is currently on hold due to budgetary issues.

 

2023-2024 Assessment Inquiry Grant

Department: African American Studies
Project Lead: Ash Woody
Project Title: Assessing Student Communication Skills and Historical Knowledge Development in Introduction to African American Studies

Department: Mathematics
Project Leads: Ashley Thune-Aguayo, Amelia Stone-Johnstone,  Francisco Zepeda, Thanh Hoang, Sunny Le, and Amena Syed
Project Title:  Assessing Student Learning in New Flipped Model for Pre-Calculus 

Department: Computer Science
Project Leads: Doina Bein and Christopher Ryu
Project Title: Can Automatic Data Collection in Computer Science be Augmented with Automatic Data Analysis? 

Department: Information Systems and Decision Sciences (ISDS)
Project Leads: Sinjini Mitra
Project Title: Strengthening Teamwork Assessment for the BA in Business Administration Degree Program based on Data Analytics

 

2022-2023 Assessment Inquiry Grant

Department: Computer Science
Project Leads: Christopher Ryu
Project Title: Updating the CS Assessment System

Department: University Honors Program
Project Lead: Stacy Mallicoat, Nicole Bonuso
Project Title: Peer Mentoring for University Honors Programs

Department: Secondary Education
Project Leads: Gavin Tierney, Kira LeeKeenan, William Toledo
Project Title: Assessing Single Subject Teacher Candidates’ Reflection on Teaching Practice

 

2021-2022 Assessment Inquiry Grant

Department: Anthropology
Project Leads: Elizabeth Pillsworth, Brenda Bowser, Ahmed Afzal
Project Title: Graduate Studies Assessment in Anthropology

Department: Politics, Administration and Justice
 Project Lead: Myungjung Kwon
Project Title: Examining the Impacts of MPA Core Courses and Class Activities on MPA Student Learning Outcomes

Department: Sociology
 Project Leads: Anthony S. Alvarez, Devon Thacker Thomas
Project Title: Examining the Role of Major Advising in Student Success

Department: Mathematics
Project Leads: Adam Glesser, Amelia Stone-Johnstone, Cherie Ichinose
Project Title: Assessing Student Learning in Corequisite Calculus Courses

 

2020-2021 Assessment Inquiry Grant

Department: Information Systems and Decision Science
Project Lead: Sinjini Mitra 
Project Title: Exploring the Role of Rubrics in Assessment of Student Learning – Research, Development, and Implementation

Departments: International Programs and Global Titans Center
Project Leads: Shari Merrill and Jack Hobson
Project Title: Assessing the Impact of Global Titans Ambassadors Program as a Quality Learning Experience in Global Engagement

Unit: University Library
Project Leads: Eric Karkhoff and Jonathan Cornforth
Project Title: The Impact of COVID-19 on Providing Online Only Library Research Appointments

Unit: Housing and Residential Engagement
Project Leads: Tracy Shadowens and Andy Garate
Project Title: Housing Application Effectiveness

Department: Educational Leadership 
Project Lead: Nancy Watkins
Project Title: Educational Leadership Writing and Research Skill Development

 

2019-2020 Assessment Inquiry Grant

Department: American Studies
Project Lead: Carrie Lane
Project Title: Statistical Analysis of AMST Student Recruitment and Retention

Department: Public Health
Project Lead: Jennifer Piazza
Project Title: It’s not you, it’s me: Examining how measurement tools can affect the results of undergraduate assessment

Department: Business Communication
Project Lead: Teeanna Rizkallah, Jillian Wood
Project Title: Programmatic Change Using Cross-Disciplinary Assessment: Writing Across or Against the Curriculum?

Unit: Housing and Residential Engagement
Project Lead: Jenni Brundage
Project Title: Housing and Residential Engagement: Assessing Student Self of Belonging

Unit: Health Professions Advising Office 
Project Lead: Michele Mouttapa
Project Title: Assessing and Addressing the “State School Stereotype” in Regards to Students’ Success in Entering into Health Careers

Unit: Capital Programs & Facilities Management
Project Lead: Stephanie Del Rosario
Project Title: Sustainability Literacy Assessment


2018-2019 Assessment Inquiry Grant

Program: Communicative Disorders, M.A.
Project Lead: Ying-Chiao Tsao, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Project Title: Incorporating Using “Signature Assignment and Portfolio” to assess Cultural/Linguistic Competence and Professional Ethics

Program: Communication Studies, B.A.
Project Lead: Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, Human Communication Studies
Project Title: Incorporating SPSS Competency into Assessment using Pre and Post-Test Design

Program: Electrical Engineering, M.S.   
Project Lead: John Bedell, Electrical Engineering
Project Title: Assessment of Student Laboratory Learning in a Compressed Time Period

Program: Business Administration, B.A.
 Project Lead: Sinjini Mitra, Information Systems and Decision Sciences
Project Title: Direct vs. Indirect Assessment – Match or Mismatch? How can the insights help in improving overall student learning outcomes?

Unit: Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance
Project Lead: Angela North, Administration and Finance
Project Title: Assessing the Student Assistant Experience in Administration and Finance

Program: Mathematics, B.A.  
Project Lead: Valerie Poyner, Mathematics
Project Title: Critical Thinking Assessment in Introductory Statistics Students

Program: Earth Science, B.A., Geology, B.S.  
Project Lead: Sinan Akciz, Geological Sciences
Project Title: Improving Spatial Thinking Skills of College Students Taking Physical Geology Lab Classes


2017-2018 Assessment Inquiry Grant

Program: Communications, B.A. 
Project Lead(s): Robert Meeds, Communications; Waleed Rashidi, Communications; Amber Chitty, Communications; Michelle Kurland, Communications
Project Title:  Incorporating e-Portfolios into Assessment for a New Digital Skills Competency Requirement for Communications Department Majors

Program: Instructional Design and Technology, M.S. 
Project Lead(s): Barbara Glaese, Instructional Design and Technology; Cynthia Gautreau, Instructional Design and Technology
Project Title:  Assessing Development of Scholarly Writing across the MS-IDT Program

Program: Education, Literacy and Reading Concentration, M.S.   
Project Lead(s): Brad A. Biggs, Literacy and Reading Education
Project Title:  Investigation and Improvement of Graduate Writing

Program: Civil Engineering, B.S., M.S.    
Project Lead(s): Phoolendra Mishra, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Beena Ajmera, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Project Title: Improving Student Outcome Assessment Process in Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Program: American Studies, B.A., M.A.  
Project Lead(s): Carrie Lane, American Studies
Project Title:  Refining the Alumni Survey as a Means of Indirect Assessment

Program: Mathematics, B.A.  
Project Lead(s): Laura Smith, Mathematics; Adam Glesser, Mathematics; Thomas Murphy, Mathematics; Matthew Rathbun, Mathematics
Project Title:  Assessing the Effectiveness of Math 107 / 180 / 210 on the Mathematics Major

Program: Biological Science, B.S. 
Project Lead(s): Merri Lynn Casem, Biological Science
Project Title:  Construction of an Assessment Resource for B.2 Learning Outcomes in BIOL 101

Program: Business Administration, Marketing Concentration, B.A. 
Project Lead(s): Michael Collins, Marketing; Teeanna Rizkallah, Marketing
Project Title:  Electronic Visual Media Skills Assessment

Unit: Academic Programs 
Project Lead(s): Mary Ann Villarreal, Office of First Year Experience
Project Title:  Assessing the Office of First Year Experience for Undeclared Students

Unit: Library 
Project Lead(s): Jonathan Cornforth, Technical Services Department; Richard Cho, Technical Services Department
Project Title:  Measuring the Impact of First-Year-Experience Library Instruction on Student Success

 2016-2017 Assessment Inquiry Grant

Program: Geology, BS
Project Lead(s): Natalie Bursztyn, Geology
Project Title:  Program SLOs from Freshmen to Seniors

Program: Business Administration, BA
Project Lead(s): Sinjini Mitra, Information Systems and Decision Sciences
Project Title:  Studying and improving learning outcomes of an online Business Analytics course via statistical research methods

Program: History, BA & MA
Project Lead(s): Jessica Stern, History
Project Title:  Random versus Linked Direct and Indirect Assessment

Program: Art, BA
Project Lead(s): Sergio Lizarraga, Art
Project Title:  Creating an Adaptive Assessment Form to Enhance Self‐Reflection and Curricular Analysis (Interactive PDF Survey Form)

Program: Child and Adolescent Development, BA
Project Lead(s): Ioakim Boutakidis, Child and Adolescent Studies; Claudia Pineda, Child and Adolescent Studies
Project Title:  Determining the Academic and Curricular Components of Cultural Competency from the Student and Faculty Perspectives

Program: Secondary Education, MS
Project Lead(s): Minerva Chavez, Secondary Education; Fernando Rodriguez-Valls, Secondary Education; Grace Cho, Secondary Education
Project Title:  Assessing Teacher Candidates Ambition on Inclusive and Additive Education for English Learners

Program: Civil and Environmental Engineering, BS
Project Lead(s): Beena Ajmera, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Phoolendra Mishra, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Project Title:  Identification of Problem Areas in the Civil and Environmental Curriculum Affecting Future Student Performance on Learning Outcomes


 

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