Discipline Assessment Analysis Form
Directions: For each course SLO undergoing assessment, collect the
Transfer/Basic Skills Assessment forms for Individual Course Sections.
Convene a department meeting (and/or communicate with department members)
to summarize and discuss the SLO assessment results/analyses for all sections
Mathematics
Math 372 – Fall 2011
DEPARTMENT
Course Learning Outcome #4:
"Solve common everyday problems that require arithmetic."
Meeting Date (if applicable)
And/or Alternative Means of
Communication
Number of Faculty/Staff
Participating
(# fulltime, # adjunct, and total)
Number of Faculty Sharing
Assessment Results
Initial Course meeting: Sep. 1, 2011
Subsequent Course meeting: Dec. 1, 2011
Final meeting: Dec. 20, 2011
3
(2, 1, 3)
3
Number of Course Sections
Assessed
3
Course SLO or Degree SLO
Measured
Course Learning Outcome #4:
"Solve common everyday problems that
require arithmetic."
Math 372 Arithmetic
--Identify Course(s) or Degree-ASSESSMENT TOOL
Describe assessment tool/
assignment faculty/staff
used to measure the SLO.
ASSESSMENT RESULTS
(Summarize the overall results
of your department, including
performance data if applicable.)
In what area(s) was(were)
student performance
outstanding?
Take-home Assignment
Three questions after proportion problem statement
1. Problem set-up
2. Solve problem from part 1
3. Answer the problem with a sentence
Note: Not all students submitted responses to this takehome assessment.
Of the 31 students who turned in the assignment:
• About 84% (26 out of 31) did the problem set-up
completely correctly; 1 other wrote the set-up
incorrectly due to a minor notational error
• About 71% (22 out of 31) wrote out the work to
the problem solution completely correctly; 4 of
the remaining 9 had partial correct solutions
• About 97% (30 out of 31) wrote a sentence to
answer the problem (the student’s response was
not necessarily mathematically correct, but was
evaluated as a written response to the question)
Outstanding:
• Understood idea of the “unknown” (using a
variable), which is a truly abstract and difficult
concept, so is particularly challenging for students
at this level
Stating the answer to the problem; virtually all
students responded correctly
Needs improvement:
• Symbolic manipulation to arrive at the correct
answer
Unaddressed student needs or issues revealed:
• Large proportion of students we had lost by the
time we did the assessment at the end of the term
revealed need for more institutional support for
these at-risk students throughout the term
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In what areas should student
performance be improved?
Describe unaddressed student
needs or issues
that the assessment revealed.
NEXT STEP(S) TO IMPROVE
STUDENT LEARNING
How will your department
address the needs and issues
that were revealed by your
assessment?
What are your collective plans
and strategies for improving
student learning?
Check all that
apply.
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Seek out or design faculty development activities on teaching
and assessment
Consult teaching and learning experts about teaching and
assessment methods
Encourage faculty to share activities that foster improved
student learning
Write collaborative grants to fund departmental projects to
improve teaching
Purchase articles/books on teaching/assessment.
Create bibliography of resource material
Visit classrooms to provide feedback (mentoring)
Share rubrics and assessment results among all
discipline faculty
Analyze/revise course curriculum and/or SLOs
Analyze department curriculum to strengthen the coherence of
the program or the progression of skills from course to course
Nothing; assessments indicate no improvements necessary
Other (please describe):
Additional Explanation: The assessment revealed a need for
more robust institutional support for these at-risk
students throughout the term. More financial support
for DSPS is clearly warranted for these basic skills
students to succeed.
Priorities to Improve Student
Learning
List the TOP 3 TO 6
actions/changes
faculty judge will most improve
student learning.
IMPLEMENTATION
Describe the departmental plans
to implement these priorities.
TIMELINE FOR
IMPLEMENTATION
Provide a timeline for
implementation of your top
priorities.
REASSESSMENT
When do you plan to reassess
this SLO?
Continue with assessment
Continue with discussion on problem-solving
See also above
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Fall 2016 – or after course outline update (Course
Learning Outcomes are to be modified)