College-wide assessment by source of evidence
The Essential Learning Outcomes Assessment (ELOA)
This 20-minute questionnaire elicits information about students’ prior learning experiences, current understandings, and future aspirations in relation to the “essential learning outcomes” of a college education, as identified by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
St Olaf Essential Learning Outcomes Instrument
The ELOA questionnaire was developed by a team of St. Olaf faculty and staff, and piloted with entering first-year students during Week One in Fall 2009, and with graduating seniors in Spring 2010.St Olaf College results and reports
The learning outcomes addressed in the questionnaire include: knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world; intellectual and practical skills (such as critical thinking, written and oral communication, quantitative literacy, and information literacy); skills that support personal and social responsibility (such as global civic knowledge and engagement, ethical reasoning, and intercultural competency); skills that foster advanced learning (such as integrative thinking).
St Olaf uses of ELOA results
Results from the Essential Learning Outcomes Assessment have informed additional integrative assessments of St Olaf College students' abillities.
Note: Please contact the Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation (ir-e-office@stolaf.edu) if you wish to cite these results in documents disseminated beyond St. Olaf.
