Presentation at 25th Anniversary ISDLS Conference

1. Assessment and the Individual Talent Presented by Nancy D. McDonald and Idell McLaughlin Florida Atlantic University and Palm Beach State College

4. Outside the Box – No Box cs.wellesley.edu Needed: Assessments that encourages continuous Self Directed Learning.

6. IDEAL: To Turn Assessment into a Learning Experience What attributes and strategies, when applied, can turn an assessment into an SDL experience? Independence Analysis Somatic Learning Narrative Learning Theory into Practice Goal-setting Open Ended Questions or Projects Organization and Time Allotment Various Methods of Assessment Presentations Transformational Learning

7. Designing the Assessment

9. Narrative Learning www-distance.syr.edu/rh.html (Hiemstra, 2001)

10. Narrative Possibilities SIMPLE COMPLEX

11. Possibilities for Embodiment Canterbury Tales Other disciplines -- Other applications Dante “ . . . when we put on these coats [white lab coats] we would become scientists.” (Matthews, 1998, p. 238)

15. “ The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point”

16. “ One Perfect Rose”

17. Love Found Expressions of love