Designing an Instrument to Measure Student Perceptions of Integrative Learning: Operationalizing AAC&U’s Integrative Learning VALUE Rubric
Wade M.E.; Gebauer R.; Sopper J.; Muller T.M.; Kramer S.; Leary M.
2022
College Teaching
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10.1080/87567555.2021.1909525
The National Leadership Council for Liberal Education, America’s Promise (2007) proposed integrative learning as one of four areas of essential learning outcomes students should develop during their collegiate experience. Traditional assessment of integrative learning has focused on the evaluation of student work. In this study, we designed a pre- and post-test tool based on the Association of American Colleges and Universities Integrative Learning VALUE Rubric introducing integrative learning to students while measuring prior student experiences connected to this topic. This instrument helps to provide a comparative analysis of students’ integration of learning throughout their participation in a learning community. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
AAC&U VALUE rubrics; evaluation; Integrative learning; learning communities
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