{"id":1232,"date":"2016-12-13T16:18:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T00:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2023-06-30T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:01:11","slug":"using-final-papers-assessment-project-results-to-improve-ucore-first-year-experience-root-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2016\/12\/13\/using-final-papers-assessment-project-results-to-improve-ucore-first-year-experience-root-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Final Papers Assessment Project Results to Improve UCORE First-Year Experience [ROOT] Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Final Papers Assessment Project results provide <a href=\"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/rci\/\">Roots of Contemporary Issues<\/a> [ROOT] faculty with information about students\u2019 grasp of program outcomes. In this way, rubric scores from student papers evaluated by program faculty can be used to direct and improve instruction. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Changes.<\/strong>\u00a0Understanding student strengths and weaknesses helps instructors know how to target instructional improvements. To improve instruction, the Roots of Contemporary Issues faculty have made changes to their first-year experience [ROOT] courses, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reorganizing the scaffolded Library Research Assignments to allow students to assemble bibliographies for their research projects earlier in the semester<\/li>\n<li>Revision of lesson plans to incorporate new scholarship related to connecting the global past to constantly changing contemporary issues<\/li>\n<li>Coordinating lesson plans with other First-Year Focus courses to help students integrate learning across courses and disciplines<\/li>\n<li>Integrating the content of the Common Reading Program book\/content into lesson plans<\/li>\n<li>Sponsoring the George and Bernadine Converse Lecture Series to bring leading nationally- or internationally- recognized authors or intellectuals to WSU<\/li>\n<li>Developing a series of workshops to provide Teaching Assistant training related to scoring student written work using rubrics, helping students shape research projects early in the semester, and roles in day-to-day classroom activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Assessment results inform continual reflection and discussion of teaching and learning; they contribute to decision making to ensure effective teaching and learning. Decisions can include choosing to make changes, continue current effective practices, or build on strengths.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information about how student learning evidence contributes to decision making intended to support student learning and quality undergraduate education, see <a href=\"\/assessment\/use-of-evidence\/\">Use of Student Learning Evidence<\/a>. See Key Assessments for additional information about\u00a0<a href=\"\/assessment\/key-assessments\/roots\/\">Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] Assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Final Papers Assessment Project results provide Roots of Contemporary Issues [ROOT] faculty with information about students\u2019 grasp of program outcomes. 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