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(Susan Millar, LEAD Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison )

(chart - the Learning thru Evaluation ...center) The LEAD Center has been contracted as an independent evaluator by the New Traditions Project.

To evaluate content learning, we are drawing on the work of chemists who have expertise in student assessment, such as Diane Bunce and Patricia Metz.

We use social science research methods to evaluate both student and faculty experiences in NT courses. Our evaluation goals are to determine whether or not the NT reforms are achieving the faculty's goals, to create evaluation instruments that the chemists themselves can use, and to produce how-to documents to help other faculty adapt and adopt the NT courses and methods.

 

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