{"id":2559,"date":"2023-07-26T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/acadaff\/?page_id=2559"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:25:42","slug":"assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/acadaff\/undergraduate-research-faculty\/assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment of Undergraduate Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(/acadaff/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/2559/&quot;https:////www.missouriwestern.edu/acadaff/wp-content/uploads/sites/134/2023/07/20210917ecMWSU_FALL_1616-scaled.jpg&quot;);background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.55) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.5) 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0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missouri Western has established <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/appliedlearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2021\/11\/Applied_Learning_Criteria.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">criteria<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for an applied learning experience including that it be assessed.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Undergraduate research outcomes should be assessed in the following categories:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Student engagement<\/b>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This category includes metrics that assess student engagement with the subject matter, faculty, peers, and the greater university community. It also measures how participation in the research activity contributed to their understanding of research and scholarship and whether it affected their interest in academic studies.<\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Gains in knowledge, skills and abilities\u00a0<\/b>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This category measures gains in a variety of knowledge, skills and abilities that are associated with undergraduate research and higher education at large.<\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Program satisfaction<\/b>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This category measures the student experience with the programmatic elements of the undergraduate research experience, including co-curricular activities, the relationship with the faculty mentor, and the research design.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Assessment Tools<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a variety of great assessment tools available through the Council on Undergraduate Research to help you ask the right questions and collect data. 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