MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/AB7A3A35/SummaryofgenedLOAindeptreports-05.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Summary of gen ed LOA-05

Summary Report on the Assessment of General Education Learning Outc= omes September, 2005

 

I. General Ed= ucation Assessment in the Core (reports are on: http:= //education.gsu.edu/ctl/outcomes/Gen_Ed/Gen-Ed-Home.htm )

 

Operationalized definition of General Education Goa= ls

·        Communication, Writing: Scoring Guide for Wri= ting Samples--When rating the writing sam= ple, the following six different criteria are considered using a scoring rubric:= purpose, content, organization, details/evidence, tone and mechanics. Each area is r= ated on a six-point scale from excellent to poor. Recommended criterion is a sco= re of 4 (good).

·      =   Communication, Oral= : Student performance on s= cales which measure oral communication competence, i.e., Personal Report of Communication Apprehension and the Willingness to Communicate Scale.

·      =   Collaboration is defined as teams of two or more students working together toward= a common goal.  Descriptive data= from rubrics and surveys will indicate whether and how much<= /span> students understand the process and benefits of collaboration as part of th= eir learning process for writing.

·        Critical Thinking--Sciences: Descrip= tion of outcomes: 75% of  stud= ents that completes Area D will meet departmental standards to: formulate appropriate questions and testable hypotheses for research: (1) effectively collect appropriate (empirical) evidence; (2) a= pply and integrate principles and concepts to analyze problems within specific c= ore areas; (3) appropriately evaluate and interpret claims, arguments, evidence and hypotheses; and (4) use the results of analysis to appropriate= ly construct new arguments or alternate hypotheses and formulate new questions= .

·        Critical Thinking—Humanities: Califor= nia Critical Thinking Skills Test used in post-test only format.    The committee thinks t= hat the data should be viewed holistically instead of focusing on a cut score. =

·        Analyzing Contempor= ary Issues— Percent of students scoring 60% or higher on targeted questions on effectively analyzing contemporary issues within the context of diverse disciplinary perspectives and effectively analyzing contemporary multicultural, global, and international questions.

·        Quantitative Skills--A quantitatively literate college graduate should be able to: (1)  Interpret mathematical models such as formulas, graphs, tabl= es, and schematics, and draw inferences from them; (2)  Represent mathematical information symbolically, visually, numerically, and verbally; (3)  Use arithmetical, algebraic, geometric and statistical metho= ds to solve problems; (4) Estimate and check answers to mathematical prob= lems in order to determine reasonableness, identify alternatives, and select opt= imal results; (5) Recognize that mathematical and statistical methods have = limits.

·      =   Technology: Dis= covering and learning how to use campus computer facilities (labs, student.gsu.edu, = GoSolar, the aquarium etc.); Doing academic research online, including Boolean search operators and evaluating the validity of s= ources; Designing and building web texts that display knowledge of usability and navigation as well as a clear understanding of the separation of form from content; Writing, sharing, and reviewing documents online, using MS Word’s commenting features and email.

 

 

II. General E= ducation Assessment in the Majors: From Departmental LOA Reports

 

Sat =3D Depar= tment satisfied with student achievement

NI =3D Needs Improvement

NC =3D No Con= clusions drawn from assessment

NA =3D Not As= sessed at the level of the major

 

Depart.

N=3D32/36

Oral Comm.

Writ

Com.

Collab.

Crit

 Think.=

Cont

Issues

Quant.

Skills

Technol.

Totals

8 Sat

0  NI

8 NC

16 NA

9 Sat

2 NI 

13 NC

8 NA

4 Sat

0 NI

 6 NC 22 NA

8 Sat

0  NI

 13 NC

11 NA

3 Sat

0  NI

 9 NC

20 NA

2 Sat

1 NI

5 NC

24 NA

4 Sat

1 NI

6 NC

21 NA

 

III. Future P= lans General Education Assessment Committee plans to transition from directly collecting student data in core courses to providing support for departments to collect data on students in core courses (e.g., websites, rubrics, and assessment procedures to assist in evaluating students’ work).