Formative Self-Assessment of Teaching

"A measure of one's power is the ability to control one's future."

Executive Summary Report of Task Force on Formative Assessment of Teaching

Recommended Formative Self-Assessment Procedure If you are interested in the following, please contact the Center

Workshops for departments in planning or conducting formative self-assessment projects
Individual consultations for planning, conducting and interpreting self-assessment projects
A review of the literature and research findings on formative self-assessment (pdf format)

Online Assessment Tools

Teaching Goals Inventory (TGI) (Click "Take the T.G.I.")

"The Teaching Goals Inventory (TGI) is a self-assessment of instructional goals. Its purpose is threefold: (1) to help college teachers become more aware of what they want to accomplish in individual courses; (2) to help faculty locate Classroom Assessment Techniques they can adapt and use to assess how well they are achieving their teaching and learning goals; and (3) to provide a starting point for discussion of teaching and learning goals among colleagues" (The University of Iowa, Center for Teaching and Learning).

These sites provide customizable instruments by which you can assess courses or parts of courses as often as you like. Students are able to anonymously complete the instruments anytime. Data are immediately available in a variety of forms. Both instruments allow you to solicit student comments to provide explanation and context for the quantitative data.