Assessment For Improvement In The Classroom

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Abstract NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract Session 2513 Assessment For Improvement In The Classroom Barry McNeill, Lynn Bellamy Arizona State University Introduction Masaaki Imai, in his book Kaizen1, pointed out that unless a company continually strives to improve the quality of their products, the products’ quality will decline over time, even if the products start out as first in class. The same is true for educational courses; unless we continually work at improving the quality of a course, the course’s quality (effectiveness) will decline over time. The Second Law of Thermodynamics applies as much to courses and products as it does to heat engines. There are a number of different continuous improvement processes (e.g., Plan Do Check Act). In its simplest form, the continuous improvement process is a cycle made up of the following three steps: 1. define a course, 2. assess the course, and 3. modify the course ret

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