Designing Better Engineering Education Through Assessment: A Practical Resource for Faculty and Department Chairs on Using Assessment and ABET Criteria to Improve Student Learning

Foreword / Richard M. Felder Pt. 1. Basics of Assessment 1. Understanding the Nature and Purpose of Assessment / Linda Suskie 2. Assessing Student Learning: Ensuring Undergraduate Students Are Learning What We Want Them to Learn / Joni E. Spurlin, Sarah A. Rajala and Jerome P. Lavelle 3. Assessment Methods Used in Undergraduate Program Assessment / Joni E. Spurlin 4. Using Assessment Results for Improving Student Learning / Barbara M. Moskal 5. Tools and Assessment Methods Specific to Graduate Education / J. Joseph Hoey, IV Pt. 2. Barriers and Challenges 6. Barriers and Challenges to Assessment in Engineering Education / J. Joseph Hoey, IV and Eleanor W. Nault 7. Overcoming Resistance to Change / Sherra E. Kerns and Karan Watson Pt. 3. Learning Along the Continuum of the Educational Experience 8. Assessing the First Year of Engineering Education / Jerome P. Lavelle and Sarah A. Rajala 9. Assessment for Improving Teaching and Student Learning Within a Course / C. Dianne Raubenheimer 10. Using Formative Assessment for Program Improvement / Barbara M. Olds and Ronald L. Miller 11. The Capstone Experience at the Baccalaureate, Master's, and Doctorate Levels / David G. Meyer Pt. 4. The Future 12. The Future of Assessment / Mary Besterfield-Sacre and Larry J. Shuman.