HR: 1340h
AN: ED13E-1174    [Abstracts]
TI: Measures of Success for Earth System Science Education: The DLESE Evaluation Services and the Evaluation Toolkit Collection
AU: * McCaffrey, M S
EM: mark.mccaffrey@colorado.edu
AF: The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Outreach, The University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 449, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Buhr, S M
EM: susan.buhr@colorado.edu
AF: The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Outreach, The University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 449, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AU: Lynds, S
EM: susan.lynds@colorado.edu
AF: The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Outreach, The University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 449, Boulder, CO 80309 United States
AB: Increased agency emphasis upon the integration of research and education coupled with the ability to provide students with access to digital background materials, learning activities and primary data sources has begun to revolutionize Earth science education in formal and informal settings. The DLESE Evaluation Services team and the related Evaluation Toolkit collection (http://www.dlese.org/cms/evalservices/ ) provides services and tools for education project leads and educators. Through the Evaluation Toolkit, educators may access high-quality digital materials to assess students' cognitive gains, examples of alternative assessments, and case studies and exemplars of authentic research. The DLESE Evaluation Services team provides support for those who are developing evaluation plans on an as-requested basis. In addition, the Toolkit provides authoritative peer reviewed articlesabout evaluation research techniques and strategies of particular importance to geoscience education. This paper will provide an overview of the DLESE Evaluation Toolkit and discuss challenges and best practices for assessing student learning and evaluating Earth system sciences education in a digital world.
UR: http://www.dlese.org/cms/evalservices/
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0840 Evaluation and assessment
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005