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Cat Links All Articles, Assessment, Students, Volume 09

Improve Learning with the Significant Learning Taxonomy

Posted on Larita J. Killian

Abstract  For decades, educators and accreditation bodies have used Bloom’s (1956) taxonomy of educational objectives to design and assess instruction.  An alternative, Fink’s (2013) significant learning taxonomy, may be preferable for some purposes.  The SLT goes beyond Bloom’s taxonomy and encourages instructors to incorporate new learning dimensions into a course. 

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Cat Links Classroom Strategies, Curriculum, Students, Volume 07

Designing Assessment and Measuring Longitudinal Student Performance in the Management Program

Posted on Miguel Ángel Vicéns Feliberty & Rosario de los Ángeles Ortiz Rodriguez

Abstract The School of Business at Western New Mexico University (WNMU-SB) has a diverse population of approximately 250 undergraduate students in Silver City, New Mexico, USA. All four undergraduate degrees at WNMU-SB are accredited by the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). With the implementation of a systematic

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