Research

MIT-related Assessment and Evaluation Studies

Since 2000, TLL has worked with faculty and investigators on more than 50 assessment projects.  Fact Sheets, i.e., executive summaries, which are listed in eleven different categories below, have been written to provide an overview of each study. Permission to post each Fact Sheet online has been received from the faculty member or principal investigator who led the project.  To access the full report, please e-mail us.

NOTES: Numbers enclosed in parentheses (e.g., 6.01, 21L.016, HST527) refer to MIT course numbers. Fact Sheet links are PDF files.

Categories

1. Active Learning
2. Computer Simulations
3. Digital Archives
4. Extracurricular Activities
5. Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning
6. Project-Based Learning
7. Remote Laboratories
8. Service Learning
9. Small Group Learning
10. TA Training
11. Teaching Core Concepts and Skills

Active Learning

• Assessment of "Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science I" (6.01)
• The Effect of Discovery Learning Strategies on Learning in a "Mechanics and Materials I" Recitation (2.001)
• Formative Assessment of Mission 2005 (12.00)
• Incorporating Active Learning into Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratories (2.016)
• Mission 2004 Longitudinal Study (12.00)
• Signal Analysis Simulation Module (HST582/6.555)
• A Study of "Mechanics and Materials I" Small Group Recitations (2.001)
• Survey Results in "Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving" (1.00, 1.001)
• A Survey Study of In-Class Discovery Sessions in "Thermal-Fluids Engineering I" (2.005)
• A Program Evaluation of the Pilot for "Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science II" (6.082)
• TEAL [Technology Enabled Active Learning] (8.02T)
• Terrascope Alumni (1.016)
• Using Oral Reviews in Aero/Astro’s "Dynamics" Course (16.07)

Computer Simulations

• Computer Simulations to Teach Respiratory Mechanics and Gas Exchange (HST542J)
• Signal Analysis Simulation Module (HST582/6.555)

Digital Archives

• Cross-Media Annotation System (XMAS)
• MetaMedia: Its Use in Berliner Sehen, Expaña de Cerca, and the Melville/Morrison Project
• Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Learning, Use in Endothelium System (HST527)
• On-Line Discussion Board, Use in Exploring Black Holes: General Relativity and Astrophysics (8.224)

Extracurricular Activities

• Evaluation of Biomatrix (HST/MIT Biomedical Mentoring Community)
• Survey Study of iGEM - The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition

Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning

• An Assessment of the d’Arbeloff-funded SHASS First-Year Focus Subjects
• Concourse Student Interviews and Questionnaires
• "Drama, Science, Performance" (21L.016/21M.616) and "The Art of the Probable" (21L.017)
• Final Report of the Two-Year Assessment Study of the Impact of Curriculum Innovations on Student Learning Experience in "Principles of Chemical Science" (5.111)

Project-Based Learning

• Formative Assessment of Mission 2005 (12.00)
• Mission 2004 Longitudinal Study (12.00)
• A Pilot Study of Curriculum Innovations Implemented in a New Project-Based Subject, "Introduction to Biological Engineering Design" (20.020)
• Project-Based Learning in "Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science I" (6.01)
• Project-Based Learning in "Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science II" (6.02)
• "Robotics: Science & Systems II" (6.142J)
• Terrascope Alumni (1.016)

Remote Laboratories

• iCampus Heat Exchanger used in "Transport Processes" (10.302)
• iCampus Heat Exchanger used at the University of Cambridge
• iCampus WebLab used in "Microelectronic Devices and Circuits" (6.012)
• iCampus WebLab2 used in "Microelectronic Devices and Circuits" (6.012)

Service Learning

• Faculty Perspectives on Public Service & Service Learning

Small Group Learning

• Use of Small Groups in "Circuits and Electronics" (6.002ex)
• Use of Small Group Tutorials in the Mechanical Engineering Core (2.001-2.006)
• Use of Tutorials in "Multivariable Calculus" (18.02)

TA Training

• Assessment Study of a New TA Training Program for Incoming Chemistry Graduate Students Responsible for Teaching Recitations in "Principles of Chemical Science" (5.111)
• Review of the TA Training Program in "Principles of Chemical Science" (5.111)

Teaching Core Concepts and Skills

• Assessment Study of the Integration of Students as Scholarly Researchers Curriculum into "Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry" (3.091)
• Identifying Core Concepts 1 in "Mechanics and Materials I" (2.001)
• Identifying Core Concepts 2 in "Mechanics and Materials I" (2.001)
• An Interview Study of the Experience of the Graduate Education in Medical Sciences (GEMS) '07 Cohort in the 2008 Preceptorship
• A Pilot Study of the Integration of Students as Scholarly Researchers Curriculum into "Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry" (3.091)