The objectives of this study were to investigate the alignment of exam questions with course learning outcomes in a first year biology majors course, to examine gaps and overlaps in assessment of content amongst the sections of the course, and to use this information to provide feedback to the teaching team to further improve the course. Our ultimate goal was to provide students with learning outcomes that would clearly indicate the content and the level at which they would be expected to learn the content for this course, regardless of the section in which they were registered. We took an evidence-based approach to course evaluation and employed the Blooming Biology Tool to compare the learning outcomes and the exam questions of the course...
Bloom’s Taxonomy of cognitive domains is a well-defined and broadly accepted tool for categorizing t...
It is widely recognised that high-stakes assessment can significantly influence what is taught in th...
We tested the hypothesis that highly structured course designs, which implement reading quizzes and/...
The objectives of this study were to investigate the alignment of exam questions with course learnin...
The objectives of this study were to investigate the alignment of exam questions with course learnin...
A change in the assessment scheme of a first semester First year Biology unit in 2007 was made to im...
We developed the Blooming Biology Tool (BBT), an assessment tool based on Bloom’s Taxon-omy, to assi...
AbstractLarge first-year biology classes, with their heavy emphasis on factual content, contribute t...
Educators must often measure the effectiveness of their instruction. We designed, developed, and pre...
Educational techniques that improve student engagement have repeatedly been shown to improve perform...
The landscape of undergraduate biology education has been shaped by decades of reform efforts callin...
Universities have a responsibility to deliver an accessible academic curriculum to an increasingly d...
This study evaluates the impact of an independent postmidterm question analysis exercise on the abil...
In our large first year biology course, ‘Cells to Organisms’, for 400-900 students per semester, we ...
In biology, Bloom’s original taxonomy (1956) has been instrumental in facilitating course alignment,...
Bloom’s Taxonomy of cognitive domains is a well-defined and broadly accepted tool for categorizing t...
It is widely recognised that high-stakes assessment can significantly influence what is taught in th...
We tested the hypothesis that highly structured course designs, which implement reading quizzes and/...
The objectives of this study were to investigate the alignment of exam questions with course learnin...
The objectives of this study were to investigate the alignment of exam questions with course learnin...
A change in the assessment scheme of a first semester First year Biology unit in 2007 was made to im...
We developed the Blooming Biology Tool (BBT), an assessment tool based on Bloom’s Taxon-omy, to assi...
AbstractLarge first-year biology classes, with their heavy emphasis on factual content, contribute t...
Educators must often measure the effectiveness of their instruction. We designed, developed, and pre...
Educational techniques that improve student engagement have repeatedly been shown to improve perform...
The landscape of undergraduate biology education has been shaped by decades of reform efforts callin...
Universities have a responsibility to deliver an accessible academic curriculum to an increasingly d...
This study evaluates the impact of an independent postmidterm question analysis exercise on the abil...
In our large first year biology course, ‘Cells to Organisms’, for 400-900 students per semester, we ...
In biology, Bloom’s original taxonomy (1956) has been instrumental in facilitating course alignment,...
Bloom’s Taxonomy of cognitive domains is a well-defined and broadly accepted tool for categorizing t...
It is widely recognised that high-stakes assessment can significantly influence what is taught in th...
We tested the hypothesis that highly structured course designs, which implement reading quizzes and/...