Using Cross-Cultural Dimensions Exercises to Improve and Measure Learning Outcomes in International Business Courses |
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| Authors: | Mohamed Zainuba Ahmad Rahal |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Business , University of Arkansas–Fort Smith , Fort Smith , Arkansas , USA mohamed.zainuba@uafs.edu ahmad.rahal@uafs.edu;3. College of Business , University of Arkansas–Fort Smith , Fort Smith , Arkansas , USA |
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| Abstract: | This article proposes an approach for using cross-cultural dimensions exercises to improve and measure learning outcomes in international business courses. The following key issues are highlighted: (a) what are the targeted learning outcomes to be assessed, (b) how to measure the accomplishment of these learning outcomes, (c) the input measures needed to determine what the students had learned, and (d) the measurement process. Also, this article offers educators strategies for merging assurance of learning approaches into business courses that are integrative in nature, and an example on how to use cross-cultural dimensions exercises as a pedagogical tool for enhancing and measuring learning. |
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| Keywords: | Direct and indirect learning Assessment Cross-cultural dimensions International business |
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