Missouri Western has established criteria for an applied learning experience including that it be assessed.

Undergraduate research outcomes should be assessed in the following categories:

  1. Student engagement
    1. This category includes metrics that assess student engagement with the subject matter, faculty, peers, and the greater university community. It also measures how participation in the research activity contributed to their understanding of research and scholarship and whether it affected their interest in academic studies.
  2. Gains in knowledge, skills and abilities 
    1. This category measures gains in a variety of knowledge, skills and abilities that are associated with undergraduate research and higher education at large.
  3. Program satisfaction
    1. This category measures the student experience with the programmatic elements of the undergraduate research experience, including co-curricular activities, the relationship with the faculty mentor, and the research design.

Assessment Tools

There are a variety of great assessment tools available through the Council on Undergraduate Research to help you ask the right questions and collect data. You can access the Toolkit here.