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Assessment in the STEM disciplines is absolutely
important, for the simple reason that almost everything we do
in STEM, whether it be chemistry, biology, physics,
or whether it be engineering technology,
mechanical engineering technology.
In the students' careers, they are continually assessed.
They are hired based on what they are able to accomplish.
They progress career wise based upon what they are able
to accomplish.
Companies actually restructure based upon how well they are
doing things.
And so, when it comes down to the classroom
and imparting knowledge and skills to the student,
we want to make sure that not only are we delivering the
information correctly.
Also, whether or not we are constructing labs
and technological exercises that help the student truly advance.
And the only way that we really know how well we are doing
that is to take snapshots along the way
and integrate the knowledge, and to learn from the knowledge
and make the right kinds of changes.
Not only the classroom input, but the input from business
and industry, input from the profession.
STEM students live in a world of assessment for their careers
and we need to be shaping the world of assessment
in our teaching and learning
and in fashioning student experiences.