Achieving Course Objectives And Student Learning Outcomes: Seeking Student Feedback On Their Progress

Most postsecondary faculty in the United States include course goals or objectives as key components of their syllabi. In addition to individual course objectives, many institutions have identified institution-wide student learning outcomes (SLOs). This paper describes one faculty member’s attempts to elicit feedback from students regarding their growth related to both course objectives and SLOs and provides the results from a course evaluation and a focus group.