Assessing Student Learning in the English Major Capstone

Authors

• Melissa J. Homestead, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2014

Document Type

Article

Comments

For Achievement—Centered Education (ACE 10) Faculty Inquiry Project (2013-14), University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Abstract

ACE 10 Question

The English department has developed a set of learning outcomes and a programmatic assessment process for the English major that uses the English major capstone (an ACE 10 certified course required of all majors) as a collection site for student work to be assessed. The course includes two components. First, students are asked to look back on their work in the major and select samples covering a range of learning outcomes in the major to be included in a portfolio. Second, students engage in a common intellectual inquiry and produce substantial final projects keyed to the common inquiry. This final project then becomes a key component of the portfolio.

Student Work: Students devise their own projects within the ACE requirements

Method of Analysis

Findings

Improving ACE 10 Learning