Language of evaluation: How PLA evaluators write about student learning
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Travers, Nan L.; SUNY/Empire State CollegeSmith, Bernard; SUNY/Empire State College
Ellis, Leslie; SUNY/Empire State College
Brady, Tom; SUNY/ Empire State College
Feldman, Liza; SUNY/Empire State College
Hakim, Kameylah; SUNY/Empire State College
Onta, Bhuwan; SUNY/Empire State College
Panayotou, Maria; SUNY/Empire State College
Seamans, Laurie; SUNY?Empire State College
Treadwell, Amanda; SUNY/Empire State College
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SUNY/ Empire State College
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Very few studies (e.g., Arnold, 1998; Joosten-ten Brinke, et al., 2009) have examined the ways in which evaluators assess students’ prior learning. This investigation explored the ways that evaluators described students’ prior learning in final assessment reports at a single, multiple-location institution. Results found four themes; audience, voice, presentation of the learning, and evaluation language. Within each theme, further sub-themes are defined. These results are significant for training evaluators on how to discuss student learning and for institutions to consider in relationship to the purpose behind the evaluations. Further research and implications are discussed.Date
2011-01-26Type
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