Use of Results by Course

 

Category: Area A, Basic Skills          Course ENGL 1101 Discipline: English    

 

 

1.    Please briefly explain which learning outcomes were met (please list these by number and through a brief description), and then also analyze what the results of the assessment process revealed.    

 

• Demonstrate rhetorical strategies by composing for different audiences, purposes, and contexts
• Engage in the processes of writing through the drafting, revising and editing of their own work
• Participate in writing as a social act through activities such as peer review, online discussions, small group and/or full class workshops
• Participate in extemporaneous in-class writings that ask students to respond to various prompts

 

The Assessment subcommittee rated nearly all samples of student work as having achieved the stated course learning outcomes. On one hand, the assessment process revealed that our Composition I course is doing a very good job helping students achieve the University’s general education outcomes of 1) demonstrating an ability to analyze and interpret oral and written arguments and materials; and 2) demonstrating an ability to write and communicate effectively in various modes and media. At the same time, the assessment subcommittee felt that the “perfect” results in outcomes 1-3 indicated the degree to which the learning outcomes for ENGL 1101 as stated are more curriculum-driven, rather serving as measures of student learning achievement.

 

2.     Please list (both by number and by giving a brief description) which learning outcomes were not met, and then discuss these results and their implications in some detail. 

 

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3.    Please briefly summarize and comment on how you think you may use these assessment results. 

 

The ENGL 1101/1102 Curriculum subcommittee will meet to discuss and approve proposed changes to ENGL 1101 course learning outcomes that will better reflect student acheivement. Faculty will use these revised learning outcomes on their individual course assessement forms as a part of the ongoing course assessment process. The ENGL 1101/1102 curriculum subcommittee will perform a formal course assessment during the 2010-2011 academic year.

 

*Planned Use of Results   Please list the dates of assessment committee meetings. August 17, 2007: 1101/1102 Curriculum Subcommittee February 8, 2008: Assessment Subcommittee April 18, 2008: 1101/1102 Curriculum Subcommittee     Please explain how faculty will use the results.   Proposed revision to ENGL 1101 course learning outcomes: Demonstrate effective use of a range of rhetorical strategies in composing for different audiences, purposes, and contexts Draft, revise, and edit at a level of proficiency appropriate for a college-level writer Work effectively in collaboration with other writers through activities such as peer review, online discussions, small group and/or full class workshops Produce extemporaneous in-class writing at a level of proficiency appropriate for a college-level writer The ENGL 1101/1102 curriculum subcommittee will perform a formal course assessment during the 2010-2011 academic year.

*Implemented Use of Results   Please list the dates of assessment committee meetings.       Please explain how faculty used the results.

 

 

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