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Aligning Departmental Strategic Plans with Institutional Mission: A Case Study from a Graduate Occupational Therapy Program
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Kimberley Persons; Amy Haynes; Darla Coss – Assessment Update, 2025
A university's mission and vision statements guide its strategic planning process. This ensures that the institutional goals are met, and the institution's identity and purpose are fostered and preserved. However, the challenge lies in translating these broad, often aspirational, statements into actionable and measurable objectives at the…
Descriptors: Departments, Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Graduate Study
The Triple Jump in Problem-Based Learning: Unpacking Principles and Practices in Designing Assessment for Curriculum Alignment
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Chian, Monaliza M.; Bridges, Susan M.; Lo, Edward C. M. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2019
Assessment validity, reliability, and constructive alignment to planned learning outcomes are less understood in the context of integrated, problem-based curricula. This conceptual paper examines a Triple Jump Assessment (TJA) employed as a formative and summative assessment system in the first year of an undergraduate dental program.…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Alignment (Education), Curriculum Design, Program Evaluation
Open up the Ceiling on the Common Core State Standards: Preparing Students for 21st-Century Literacy--Now
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Drew, Sally Valentino – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2013
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is the latest effort to reform education through standards. This article examines how the Standards promise to prepare students for the changing world of the 21st century, yet do not consider the changing nature of literacy--especially the centrality of the Internet as a 21st century text, and online…
Descriptors: State Standards, Literacy Education, Literacy, Educational Change
Preparing School Leaders for Every Student's Learning. Literature Synthesis. CEEDAR Document No. LS-2
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Bellamy, G. Thomas; Crockett, Jean B.; Nordengren, Chase – Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform Center, 2014
With 95% of students with disabilities receiving instruction in general education settings for some portion of the school day (U.S. Department of Education, 2012), educating students with disabilities has become an important dimension in the improvement of schools in the United States. Recent federal policies, including the Individuals With…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Leadership Training, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Education
Can Engineering Education in South Africa Afford to Avoid Problem-Based Learning as a Didactic Approach?
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Veldman, F. J.; De Wet, M. A.; Mokhele, N. E. Ike; Bouwer, Willem Adriaan Johannes – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2008
In this article, the authors support problem-based learning (PBL) based on its high level of alignment in addition to providing learners in engineering with an additional opportunity in learning process competencies, as contained within the South African National Critical Cross-field and Developmental Outcomes (COs). Constructive alignment…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Problem Based Learning