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    Reflections on a Large-Lecture, Introductory Meteorology Course: Goals, Assessment, and Opportunities for Improvement

    Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2008:;volume( 089 ):;issue: 007::page 1029
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    Kahl, Jonathan D. W.
    DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2473.1
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Abstract: The Atmospheric Science program at the University of Wisconsin?Milwaukee regularly offers the general education course Survey of Meteorology, serving over 400 students each year. This article describes a systematic inquiry into the teaching and learning goals of the course and the adequacy of current methods used to assess student performance. Following a survey of the six faculty members with teaching responsibilities for the course, common student learning goals of meteorological content and the application of meteorological concepts to observations were identified. Student surveys, designed to assess both the extent to which these learning goals were being met as well as the depth of learning, were administered to 241 students during the 2005?06 academic year. Results indicate that 80% of students surveyed met the content learning goal, while the application learning goal was met by only 66% of students. A deeper level of application learning, involving pattern recognition and the separation of concepts into component parts, was achieved by only 45% of the students. A comparison of student survey results with course grade distributions indicates that current grading practices are adequate for assessing the content learning goal but are inadequate for assessing the application learning goal.
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    contributor authorKahl, Jonathan D. W.
    date accessioned2017-06-09T16:21:48Z
    date available2017-06-09T16:21:48Z
    date copyright2008/07/01
    date issued2008
    identifier issn0003-0007
    identifier otherams-66488.pdf
    identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4207829
    description abstractThe Atmospheric Science program at the University of Wisconsin?Milwaukee regularly offers the general education course Survey of Meteorology, serving over 400 students each year. This article describes a systematic inquiry into the teaching and learning goals of the course and the adequacy of current methods used to assess student performance. Following a survey of the six faculty members with teaching responsibilities for the course, common student learning goals of meteorological content and the application of meteorological concepts to observations were identified. Student surveys, designed to assess both the extent to which these learning goals were being met as well as the depth of learning, were administered to 241 students during the 2005?06 academic year. Results indicate that 80% of students surveyed met the content learning goal, while the application learning goal was met by only 66% of students. A deeper level of application learning, involving pattern recognition and the separation of concepts into component parts, was achieved by only 45% of the students. A comparison of student survey results with course grade distributions indicates that current grading practices are adequate for assessing the content learning goal but are inadequate for assessing the application learning goal.
    publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
    titleReflections on a Large-Lecture, Introductory Meteorology Course: Goals, Assessment, and Opportunities for Improvement
    typeJournal Paper
    journal volume89
    journal issue7
    journal titleBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
    identifier doi10.1175/2008BAMS2473.1
    journal fristpage1029
    journal lastpage1034
    treeBulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2008:;volume( 089 ):;issue: 007
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