Assessment Based On The Principles Of Theodore Marchese

Abstract

DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a senior member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented more than a dozen papers at various Assessment Institutes. His posters in the areas of Bloom's Taxonomy and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of Cognitive Science and Educational Methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assessments that enhance students' critical thinking capabilities.

Runge-Kutta Algorithm and Assessment

“…At Miami University, The author utilizes a variety of instructional tools to communicate with students who may prefer to have different learning styles (Kolb, 1985). Furthermore, the author has tried to implement innovative ideas promoted by a variety of researchers and scholars into practice (Narayanan, 2009). In addition to routinely used methodologies like traditional lectures and laboratory exercises, the author heavily promotes the implementation of 21 st century modern technology.…”

“…With this knowledge, students and teachers can build on the understanding and seek to transform misunderstanding into significant learning (N.R.C., 1993). Assessment as 'learning' is not a third-party research project or someone's questionnaire; it must be viewed as a community effort or nothing, driven by a faculty's own commitment to reflect, judge, and improve (Narayanan, 2007(Narayanan, & 2009. The author has tried to follow such a philosophy while gathering data for this project.…”

“…Dr. Gardner suggested that the Intelligence Quotient, IQ alone should not become the primary basis for measuring human potential (Armstrong, 1993(Armstrong, & 1994. The author has successfully utilized these ideas in his research activities and has documented them in several of his ASEE publications and presentations (Narayanan, 2007(Narayanan, , 2009. Dr. Howard Gardner proposed that there are seven broad areas wherein children and adults can excel and listed them as follows:…”

“…The author presented these findings at the 2009 ASEE National Conference in Austin, Texas. Part of it has been reproduced here, below for the sake of clarity and completeness (Narayanan, 2009). Regardless, we all should recognize the fact that mankind is more adaptable to multimodal learning styles.…”

“…The great success of Barr and Tagg's learning paradigm article provides us with a valuable insight about the kind of change that is urgently needed in University Higher Education (Barr & Tagg 1995). The author has previously utilized these ideas in several of his ASEE publications and presentations (Narayanan, 2007(Narayanan, & 2009.…”