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Everything I Ever Wanted to Know About Assessment, I Learned From Reality Cooking Shows
A Master Chef Assessment Allegory
Reality cooking shows, like assessment plans, need to balance the evaluation of discrete skills, project-based applications, and the synthesis of critical thinking skills and knowledge. Reality cooking shows don't base every episode on
the contestant's ability to scramble an egg! To be innovative, we should not fill our program assessment plans with easy to evaluate, simple, foundational tasks. In this interactive workshop, participants will deconstruct an episode
of Master Chef to identify program goals, program objectives, course outcomes and criteria for evaluative rubrics. Whether you are a veteran evaluator or new to assessment, getting the 'lingo' down can be daunting. This exercise
allows for productive discussion as to what each assessment term means - and how it is used to build a diversity of assessments to improve student learning. This workshop is intended to foster faculty dialogue of evaluator as expert;
student self-evaluation and peer evaluation; and product vs. process as valuable parts of innovative academic assessment.
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