HI 110
Spring 2013 Course Assessment Status Report
Please send to Dean Corradetti by Friday, March 7
For each course, list at least one QCC General Education Objective that will be assessed this semester.
Courses
General Education Objectives to be assessed (see next pages)
HIS110
-Use of analytical reasoning to identify issues or problems and evaluate
evidence in order to make informed decisions
-Integrate knowledge and skills in their program of study
-Use historical or social sciences perspectives to examine the formation of
ideas, human behavior, social institutions, or social processes
NOTE: Course assessment reports due at the end of Spring 2013 term will need to contain
the following elements for each course assessed:
1. Course assessed HIS110
2. QCC Educational Objective(s) assessed
-Use of analytical reasoning to identify issues or problems and evaluate
evidence in order to make informed decisions
-Integrate knowledge and skills in their program of study
-Use historical or social sciences perspectives to examine the formation of
ideas, human behavior, social institutions, or social processes
3. Assessment tool used
Historical Literacy Assessment Tool
4. Raw data collected
Two sections of HIS110 were utilized.
The test was administered at the end of the semester.
The mean for the total sample was 5.2 (out of a total of 10);
the range of scores was 8;
the median was 5;
and the mode was 5.
5. Descriptive analysis of raw data
The test is designed to be given at the beginning of the semester and at the end of the
semester for purposes of comparison. This semester, however, we were only able to
administer one test at the end of the semester because the assessment instrument was
designed after the semester started. Since there is no point of comparison, the date is
inconclusive. We only wanted to administer the instrument to get a sense of where the
students were.
6. Findings based on analysis
The findings are inconclusive since we do not have a base line for comparison purposes.
7. Recommendations
Next semester we will administer the test at the beginning of the semester and at the end of
the semester. The test will be administered to students in HID111. Over successive
semesters we will administer the test to students in HIS112, HIS127, HIS128. As we
accumulate data and tune up the assessment tool, we expect to obtain data that will enable us
to provide meaningful analysis.