Instructional Resources to Assess Applied Projects as a Culminating Graduate Communication Student Experience

Autor/inn/en	Strawser, Michael G.; Rubenking, Bridget; Lunsford, Kelsey; Gravelyn, Margaret
Titel	Instructional Resources to Assess Applied Projects as a Culminating Graduate Communication Student Experience
Quelle	In: Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 6 (2022), S.195-213 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Strawser, Michael G.) ORCID (Rubenking, Bridget) ORCID (Lunsford, Kelsey)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2640-4524
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Experiential Learning; Capstone Experiences; Student Projects; Masters Theses; Exit Examinations; Alumni; Graduate Surveys; Outcomes of Education; Career Readiness; Comparative Analysis; Educational Assessment; Student Attitudes; Educational Experience; Communication (Thought Transfer); Student Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Schulprojekt; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Schülerverhalten; Bildungserfahrung; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung
Abstract	This study reviews the traditional culminating graduate student experiences, theses, and comprehensive exams, as well as a newer, more professionally relevant option, applied research projects. We conceptualize applied projects as student-led, client-connected, hands-on, experiential projects that address a real-world communication problem or topic through the creation of relevant deliverables. We used Glassick et al.'s (1997) scholarship assessed model and the National Communication Association's communication learning outcomes to determine perceived differences between culminating experiences. Survey results (N = 32) of recent alumni and current master's level Communication students demonstrate near-equal ratings of applied projects and theses in their ability to both meet scholarship assessment criteria and communication learning outcomes. Comprehensive exams are rated comparatively worse. Based on these criteria and others gained from implementing applied projects as an option for students, we offer a rubric for assessing master's level applied research projects. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Central States Communication Association. University of Montevallo, Department of Communication, 75 College Drive, Station 6625, Montevallo, AL 35115. e-mail: csca.ed@gmail.com; Web site: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jcp/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01