Assessment Grants

Exit Passes are a quick way to check in on student learning. They don't require "grading" per se, but they do give students a chance to check in with you on what they have learned. This type of check-in, or assessment, is called formative assessment. It's a tool that gives you a quick way to assess how well your students understand the material they are learning in class. Exit Passes are not a test, but a way to understand students' comprehension of a particular topic. You use this quick snapshot of information from your students to see what questions they have and to adapt instruction, directions, or address questions for the next class session. An Exit Pass can help you see gaps in student knowledge in a way where students don't have to announce to the entire class--"Hey, I don't understand this?!!!!?"

In order for this to work, you have to quickly read what they wrote and, at the beginning of the next class, answer questions and address gaps in knowledge you see. I would NOT call out their names: "Hey, John Smith! You asked me this question--here's the answer." You could say to John before the class starts: "Hey, you asked a great question. Do you mind if I share this question with the group? I'm sure others have the same question." Or, it can be a great time to do some shoutouts and celebrations: "Hey, this is amazing! I want to share with you some of the great ideas and connections I read from the last class."

An Exit Pass can also do double duty as a way to take attendance. Make sure students write their first and last name if you use it for attendance.

How?

So, how do you do this? It's simple. You can ask students to pull out a piece a paper or, my preferred method is to have a pile of recycled 8 x 11 paper cut in quarters. You can pick some up in my office or let me know and we will campus mail this to you. A small piece of paper seems to be less overwhelming to students. They don't have to write much. That's not really the goal.

Option 1: At the end of class, ask them to answer this questions: "What did you learn today?"

Option 2: Ask them, "Tell me 3 things you learned, 2 things you found interesting, and 1 question you have."

When?

Pass the paper out, or have them pull out a piece of paper, or create a link to an "Exit" Discussion Board. If you are meeting face-to-face, have them write it at the end of the class. If you are meeting virtually, you could create an Exit "Pass" or Discussion Board to answer mid-week. I think mid-week is better because the goal is that you get information from the student that can help you revise or update as they work, or as they are "forming" ideas. Think Forming and Formative. It's not Summative, or Sum, Assessment.

What's Your Role?

Time is important. Read these quickly. You are not grading, judging, or evaluating. You are observing the learning. These can be read quickly--like in five minutes. Take a few notes and address questions and outstanding learning at the beginning of the next class or in the announcements if you are teaching virtually.

Review what students wrote and ask yourself the following questions:

• Using an approximate percentage, how many students are on track? How many need follow-up?
• What will you need to address with them? Tell us two things that you can celebrate. Tell us two questions that students have that will require some follow-up.
• Based on student responses and your own observations, what did you decide you may need to re-teach or address with the students?
• Read over what students' wrote. What did they say they learned? What questions did they have?

If you'd like more information on Exit Passes and how to do the, here are some links:

• Edutopia: Gainins Understanding on What Your Students Know
• The Teacher Toolkit: Exit Ticket
• Brown: Teaching and Learning Resources: Sample Exit Tickets

If you have questions, contact Assessment at Assessment@MissouriState.edu.

What happens when I get a grant?

When a proposal is chosen for funding, the applicant will pay for the project and will be reimbursed once their final report has been submitted and approved (these reports are due by six months from the beginning of the project). Please note, Assessment Grants may not be used to subsidize travel or food.

Only one proposal per applicant is eligible for funding in an academic year.

Once applicants receive notification of funding, they must complete and return a budget form and an Internal Approval form to the Office of Assessment within 30 days.

Grants are now available. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the semester.

FINAL REPORT FORM

Eligible projects include (but are not limited to):

• Compare student learning in face-to-face and online courses
• Develop, revise, or refine student learning outcomes in the major
• Support a meeting of dual course, per course, and full-time faculty in a department
• Support focus groups with students or alumni to ask questions related to program learning outcomes
• Focus groups with transfer and homegrown students on student learning in a program
• Incentivize faculty for the extra work involved in assessment
• Credit for Prior Learning
• Survey students about what they are learning
• Review General Education data
• Support a meeting of faculty to look at student Public Affairs essays together
• Support a meeting of faculty to look at student work together
• Support a meeting of faculty to look at data together
• SWOT analysis in the beginning stages of program review
• Investigate ways to reduce hurdles and obstacles in student learning
• Teach and Assess an assignment using the current Public Affairs theme

If you have any questions, please Contact Us.

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Report
William Carr	Public Health and Sports Medicine/MCHHS
Tona Hetzler	Public Health and Sports Medicine/MCHHS
Ashlea Cardin, Tara Boehnae, Marc Willey	Occupational Therapy/MCHHS
Tracy Stout	Research & Instructional Services/LIB
Antionette Barffour	World Languages and Cultures/COAL

 

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Report
Paul Ajuwon	Counseling, Leadership & Special Education/COE
CaSandra Stanbrough	Psychology/MCHHS
Sarah Jean Baker	Childhood Education and Family Studies/COE
Julia Troche	History/CHPA
Tara Stulce	Public Health and Sports Medicine/MCHHA
Tiglet Besara	Physics, Astronomy & Materials Science/CNAS
McCall Christian	Public Health and Sports Medicine/MCHHS

 

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Gordana Lazic	Communication/COAL
Margaret Weaver	English/COAL
Xiuye Xie	Kinesiology/MCHHS
Marijana Kotlaja	Criminology and Criminal Justice/CHPA
Dennis Rudnick	Reading, Foundation & Technology/COE
Luciana Maimone	World Languages and Cultures/COAL
Sarah Morrison	Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science/CNAS
Hillary Roberts	Biomedical Sciences/MCHHS
Suneeta Thomas	English/COAL

 

Faculty/Staff	Department/ College	Proposal	Final Reports
Avery Russell	Biology/CNAS
Monika Feeney	Nursing/MCHHS
Gordon Tsubira	Occupational Therapy/MCHHS
Junyoung Kim	Kinesiology/MCHHS
Ximena Uribe-Zarain	Counseling, Leadership & Special Education/COE
Bernard Kitheka	Kinesiology/MCHHS
Yating Liang	Kinesiology/MCHHS
Antionette Barffour	World Languages and Cultures/COAL

 

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Alana Mantie-Kozlowski	Communication Sciences and Disorders/MCHHS
Natalie Curry	Social Work/MCHHS
Ching-Wen Chang	Reading, Foundations and Technology/COE
Tracey Glaessgen	Student Development and Public Affairs
Dana Paliliunas & Tim Daugherty	Psychology/MCHHS
Suneeta Thomas	English/COAL
Steven Senger	Math/CNAS
Michael R. Hammond	Accounting/COB
Judith Martínez	World Languages and Cultures/COAL

 

 

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Dr. Avery Russell	Biology/CNAS	"Toward enhanced teaching of Evolution: supervised peer-mentoring by graduate students"
Dr. David Rohall	Sociology and Anthropology/CHPA	"Initial Assessment of the Value of Program-Level Career Training"
Debra Price	Childhood Education and Family Studies/COE	"Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board"
Lindsey Taggart	Library	"Evidence-Based Inquiry Using Student-Led Focus Groups"
Dr. Mandy Benedict-Chambers	Childhood Education and Family Studies/COE	"Developing a Strategic Vision for the Elementary Education Graduate"

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Tina Hopper	Biology/CNAS	"Increasing collaboration to enhance student learning in BIO 101"

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Andrea Applegate	Physician Assistant Studies/CHHS	"Incorporating standardized patients into observed structured clinical exams"
Dr. David Rohall	Sociology and Anthropology/CHPA	"Assessing the Relative Outcomes of Large Sections of Online Introductory Courses"
Dr. Jason Jolley	World Languages and Cultures/COAL	"Improvement of L2 Writing Assessment in Online Courses"
Dr. Jeanie Skibiski	School of Anesthesia/CHHS	"Assessment of Learning in the Rural Anesthesia Rotation"	"Assessment of Learning in the Rural Anesthesia Rotation"
Dr. Jeff Jones	Finance and General Business/COB	"Assessing Barriers to Involvement in Student Organizations"	"Assessing Barriers to Involvement in Student Organizations"
Dr. Kathy Nordyke	Citizenship and Service Learning	"Student-Led Focus Groups to Enhance Quantitative Data Assessing Service Learning and Career Readiness"
Luciane Maimone	World Languages and Cultures/COAL	"Assessing proficiency in seated versus online Spanish beginner courses"
Rachel Besara	Library	"University Libraries' Student Led Assessment of Students' Libraries Attitudes, Experiences, and Needs"	"University Libraries' Student Led Assessment of Students' Libraries Attitudes, Experiences, and Needs"
Rhonda Bishop	Childhood Education & Family Studies/COE	"Aligning Course Evaluation in ELE 302 Introduction to Elementary Education to the Missouri Educator Evaluation System (MEES)"
Dr. Sascha Mowrey	Childhood Education & Family Studies/COE	"Assessing Engagement and Learning in a Pilot Interprofessional Education Collaboration Assignment"
Dr. Stefanie Livers	Childhood Education & Family Studies/COE	"Analyzing Teacher Candidate’s Assessments"	"Analyzing Teacher Candidates Assessments"
Tara Benson	Student Affairs/Plaster Student Union/Student Engagement	"Commuter Student Experience"

 

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Dr. Stephen Berkwitz	Religious Studies/CHPA	"Program Assessment through a Student Advisory Committee"	"Program Assessment through a Student Advisory Committee"
Dr. Judith Martinez	World Languages and Cultures/COAL	"Uses and impact of social media (Instagram) on Spanish as a foreign language acquisition"
Debra Price	Childhood Education & Family Studies/COE	"Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board Meeting"	"Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board Meeting"
Dr. Nicole West	Counseling, Leadership & Special Education/COE	"Exploring Barriers to Effective Writing among Graduate Student Researchers"	"Exploring Barriers to Effective Writing among Graduate Student Researchers"
Dr. Sapna Chakraborty	Occupational Therapy/CHHS	"Program assessment through department's assessment committee"

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Dr. Leslie Seawright	English/COAL	"English 321 General Education Student Learning Outcomes Assessment"	"English 321 General Education Student Learning Outcomes Assessment"
Dr. David Rohall	Sociology and Anthropology/CHPA	"Utilizing New Technology to Improve Writing Quality in Online Sociology Courses"
Magdalena Berry	English/COAL	"Annual Assessment of ENG 221: Writing in the Professions"	"Annual Assessment of ENG 221: Writing in the Professions"

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Dr. Gilbert Brown	CLSE/COE	"Completing a Successful CAS External Review"
Dr. Ruth Walker	Psychology/CHHS	"PSY 200 Standardization and Faculty Training"
Jennifer Pratt	Communication Sciences and Disorders/CHHS	"Language in Art: Facilitating Expression and Social Participation Through Visual Mediums"	"Language in Art: Facilitating Expression and Social Participation Through Visual Mediums"
Dr. Elizabeth Walker and Dr. Sarah Lancaster	Agriculture/COA	"Aligning Student Learning in Plant and Animal Sciences with Industry Expectations"
Dr. La Toya Kissoon-Charles	Biology/CNAS	"Quantitative Tasks in Undergraduate Biology: Assessment of Student Attitudes and Quantitative Abilities"	"Quantitative Tasks in Undergraduate Biology: Assessment of Student Attitudes and Quantitative Abilities"- Preliminary Report

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Dr. Denise Cunningham	Early Childhood Education/COE	"NAEYC Accreditation Review & Analysis of ECE Program Report"
Dr. Abdullah Jamos	Communication Sciences and Disorders/CHHS	"CSD Undergraduate Program Assessment Plan Focus Group"	"CSD Undergraduate Program Assessment Plan Focus Group" "CSD Assessment Plan"
Kim Roam	Childhood Ed and Family Studies/COE	"Focus Groups for Program Improvement"	"Focus Groups for Improvement"
Debra Price	Childhood Ed and Family Studies/COE	"Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board"	"Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board"

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposals	Final Reports
Dr. Ethan Amidon	Criminology/CHPA	"The Development of Assessment Tools for CRM 210: Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System"	"The Development of Assessment Tools for CRM 210: Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System"
Tracy Dalton	English/COAL	"ENG 321: Assessing Multi-Section Courses and Proposal Assignments"	"ENG 321: Assessing Multi-Section Courses and Proposal Assignments"
Alex Johnson	Citizenship and Service Learning/SDPA	"Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in Campus Immersion Experiences"	"Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in Campus Immersion Experiences"
Dr. Rhonda Stanton	English/COAL	"ENG 221: Assessing the Basics"	"ENG 221: Assessing the Basics"
Dr. Cathy Van Landuyt	Computer Information Systems/COB	"CIS 200: Assessment, Alignment, and Improvement Project"	"CIS 200: Assessment, Alignment, and Improvement Project"
Dr. Marc Willey	Occupational Therapy/CHHS	"Embedding the Public Affairs Mission in the Occupational Therapy Curriculum"	"Embedding the Public Affairs Mission in the Occupational Therapy Curriculum"
Dr. Kelly Wood	First-Year Programs/COAL	"Comparing Student Learning in Face-to-Face and Online Communication Programs"	"Comparing Student Learning in Face-to-Face and Online Communication Programs"

Faculty/Staff	Department/College	Proposal	Final Reports
Dr. Cynthia Green Libby	Music/COAL		"MUS 239 World Music Class to attend Ethnic Music Concert at Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts"
Deborah Cron	Communication Sciences and Disorders/CHHS		"Using the power of social influence and impact of entertainment to provide a broader cultural awareness and increase empathy in students of Communication Sciences and Disorders"
Dr. Rhonda Stanton	English/COAL		"Making the Connections: Technical Writing and Public Affairs"
Dr. James Baumlin	English/COAL		"America Then and Now: Essays, Memoirs, and Anecdotes of Life from 1964-Present"
Jennifer Kerr	Communication Sciences and Disorders/CHHS		"Social Communication Activities in Communication/Science Disorders Courses That Support the Public Affairs Mission"
Lori Rogers	English/COAL		"ENG 222 Social Activist Writing Presentation and Reception"