Assessment of Student Learning

The success of UNDEO 5 and identification of opportunities for improvement were assessed using the following vehicles:

  • Anonymous survey of Radar Meteorology students
    • Students were asked to evaluate how well the learning objectives were met. The survey and average results are included in Table 4. A summary of average responses over the last five UNDEOs is included in Figure 3 and Figure 4.
  • Graded assessments in Radar Meteorology
    • The “lab” exercise used appears in Table 5.
  • Anonymous survey of Weather and Climate students who participated in the active learning exercise and observed student presentations
    • Students were asked to evaluate how well the student presentations and in-class exercise improved their understanding of the scientific method and basic concepts related to weather radar. They were also asked for suggestions to improve the effectiveness of this component. The survey, average results, and suggestions are included in Table 6.
Table 4. Summary of the survey given to Radar Meteorology students (9 respondents). Bold values are the average scores received.


Figure 3. Summary of average responses over the five UNDEO projects (refer to Table 4 for question text).

 

Figure 4. Scores for each question asked in the 2017 survey (bars; refer to Table 4 for the question text) relative

to the median (circles) and standard deviation (whiskers) across all years.
 
Table 5. DOW “lab” exercise

METR 463/863 DOW Exercise

 

Table 6. Summary of the surveys given to Weather and Climate students (54 respondents). Bold values are the average scores received.