SALG

The Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) asks students to assess and report on their own learning, and on the degree to which specific aspects of the course have contributed to that learning. It includes five overarching questions, each of which an instructor can customize through sub-items.

These questions are:

1. How much did the following aspects of the course help you in your learning? (Examples might include class and lab activities, assessments, particular learning methods, and resources.)
2. As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in your understanding of each of the following? (Instructors insert those concepts that they consider most important.)
3. As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in the following skills? (A sample of skills includes the ability to make quantitative estimates, finding trends in data, or writing technical texts.)
4. As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in the following? (The sub-items address attitudinal issues such as enthusiasm for the course or subject area.)
5. As a result of your work in this class, what gains did you make in integrating the following? (The sub-items address how the students integrated information.)