Pasadena City College - Student Learning Outcomes

Resources, References and Reading

About the resources listed here

A wide varity of resources are available on the topics of creating and using Student Learning Outcomes to enhance the teaching and learning experience. We have collected some of the resources that the PCC SLO Committee has found helpful and tried to organize them by type of resource and topic. Please contact the Academic Senate SLO Committee with any resources that you feel should be added to this list. Please cite authors and link to websites whenever you use these sources in your own presentations or materials.

Web Resources

PCC WeBoard SLO Discussion Forum

Join in thePCC Web Board SLO discussions to share opinions, experiences and solutions, and look for answers to your questions. Choose to receive an email notification of new posts. For more information use the help link on the web board (upper right) or contact Judy Benson in the Academic Senate Office, x 7211.

SLO Resources available at the Shatford Library and New Media Center

Recordings of Faculty SLO Workshops, books and handbooks are available

View items available - Shatford Library Online Catalog

General Guides

Fulks, Janet and Pluta, Kate. (2004) Student Learning in Community Colleges Website Table of Contents

Fulks, Janet and Pluta, Kate (2003) Online Toolkit for Planning Implementing and Assessing a Learning-Centered Course

ACCJC Standards Glossary - glossary of SLO terminology from ACCJC and summarized at DeAnza College website.

SLO Examples

Student Learning Outcomes Query Wizard - A very helpful tool at Center for Student Success (http://css.rpgroup.org/) that locates practical examples at other colleges to assist the practitioner in developing, implementing and assessing student learning outcomes. Also gives information about other colleges' process and results.

Cabrillo College's Learner Outcomes Project - The Learner Outcomes Project was divided into three distinct components: a Summer Institute, Fall Course Implementation and Spring Assessment of Project Results. This website shares the process and results.

Other College SLO and Assessment sites

Cabrillo College - http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/pro/assess/assessweb/

Accreditation

Working with the 2002 Accreditation Standards: the Faculty’s Role. The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. Standards and Practices Committee 2004-05

Assessment

An Assessment Framework For the Community College: Measuring Student Learning and Achievement as a Means of Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness - Published on the web and as a PDF by the League for Innovation in the Community College. This white paper was developed through the collaboration of a dedicated advisory team of community college practitioners and assessment industry experts who worked diligently through meetings, email correspondence, and conference calls to develop the philosophy, content, and structure of the Assessment Framework for the Community College.

Wiggins, Grant (1990). The Case for Authentic Assessment. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2(2). Retrieved July 14, 2005. This paper has been viewed 55,007 times since 11/13/99.

CMU's Assessment Toolkit - Types of assessment tools: rubrics, portfolios, formative and summative techniques, surveys, etc.

California Assessment Institute - Tools of Assessment - Includes Rubrics, portfolios, embedded assessment, etc.

PCC Documents

Accreditation Dialogues - Institutional Planning and Research Office publication discussing new WASC accreditation standards which incorporate Student Learning Outcomes.

Books --Selected Books on SLOs and Assessment in the Shatford Library.

Use the Book Purchase Request Form to recommend additional resources

Responding to the Challenges Of Developmental Education / Carol A. Kozeracki, editor c2005.
Call Number: 378.1543 N 1, no. 129 Location: Third Floor
Subject(s): Developmental studies programs; Remedial teaching; Community colleges-Curriculum

Student Success in College : Creating Conditions that Matter / George D. Kuh ... [et al.].
Documenting Effective Educational Practice (Project) c2005. Call Number: 378.198 S 9 Location: Third Floor
Subject(s): Documenting Effective Educational Practice (Project); College student orientation; Student learning outcomes.

Integrating Inquiry Across the Curriculum / edited by Richard H. Audet and Linda K. Jordan. c2005.
Call Number: 371.3 I 1 Location: Third Floor
Subject(s): Inquiry-based learning; Active learning; Curriculum planning; Student learning outcomes.

Student Learning Outcomes Workbook. Materials presented at a workshop held June 24-25, 2005, at
Presenters: Janet Fulks and Kate Pluta. Call Number: 378.125 F 1 Location: Third Floor
Subject(s): College teaching; College students--Rating of; Learning—Evaluation; Educational tests and measurements; Community colleges—Evaluation; Academic achievement--Evaluation; Student learning outcomes.

Developing And Implementing Assessment Of Student Learning Outcomes/ Andreea M. Serban,
Jack Friedlander, editors. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2004. Call Number: 378.1543 N1, no.126 (3rd floor)
Subject(s): Community colleges-- Evaluation; Educational tests and measurements; Academic achievement--Evaluation; Educational evaluation.

Outcomes Assessment In Higher Education: Views and Perspectives Ed. by Peter Hernon, Robert E. Dugan. 2004.
Call Number: 378.1 O2 Location: Third Floor
Subject(s): Education, Higher-- Evaluation; Educational tests and measurements.

Community College Assessment / edited by Trudy W. Banta. c2004. Call Number: 378.1 C 10 Location: Third Floor
Subject(s): Education, Higher--Evaluation; Educational tests and measurements; Community colleges--Evaluation; Academic achievement--Evaluation; Educational evaluation; Student learning outcomes.

Service- Learning : History, Theory, And Issues / edited by Bruce W. Speck and Sherry L. Hoppe. 2004.
Call Number: 370.115 S 2 (Third Floor)

Assessing Student Learning And Development : A Handbook For Practitioners / Marilee J. Bresciani, Carrie L. Zelna, James A. Anderson.c2004. Call Number: 378.1 B 1 (Third Floor)
Subject(s): Education, Higher--Evaluation—Handbooks, manuals; Universities and colleges—Evaluation --Handbooks, manuals; Academic achievement-- -Evaluation--Handbooks, manuals; Student learning outcomes.

Assessing For Learning : Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution / Peggy L. Maki. 2004. Call Number: 378.1 M 9 (Third Floor).
Subject(s): Universities and colleges-- Examinations; Education, Higher--Evaluation; Community colleges--Evaluation; Educational tests and measurements; Academic achievement--Evaluation; Educational evaluation; Student learning outcomes.

Listservs

Learning Assessment Listserv

To subscribe:
Send an e-mail message to Listserv@Listserv.cccnext.net
Do not put any words in the subject area.
In the body of the email message, Mary Smith would write the following:
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To access the LearningAssessment Listserv achive:
Go to http://listserv.cccnext.net/scripts/wa.exe?REPORT&Z=3
Click on Server Archives (on left column of page)
Click on LearningAssessment
You will have a list of all the postings at this point from which to choose.

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