Area Effectiveness Plan Report - Four Column
El Paso Community College
Discipline - Economics (SLO's)
Discipline Mission The mission of Economics is to prepare business majors to understand and apply macroeconomic and microeconomic
Statement: principles and theory, and to provide non-business majors with a working overview of contemporary economic issues
and policies.
Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Discipline - Economics (SLO's) - Economics Means of Assessment:
- Supply and Demand - A student will apply Multiple Choice Exam Questions 9, 13-15
the principles of supply and demand
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analysis to assess current U.S. economic
Assessment Tool:
conditions. (Affective Domain: Application)
Test - Standardized
Standard - Criteria for Success:
Outcome Start Date:
75% of the students will obtain a 70% on a
08/01/2008
multiple choice assessment instrument.
Outcome Status:
Student Learning Outcomes
Active
Results/Analysis
Use of Results for Improvement & Follow
-Up
03/26/2010 - 125 students responded
87% responded correctly
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
Standard met.
A critical theory of economics was learned
well.
03/26/2010 - A new assessment tool
will be developed.
Discipline - Economics (SLO's) - Economics
- Competition vs. Market Power - A student
will demonstrate, with examples, the
characteristics and the impact of
competition versus market power on one (1)
major industry in the US economy.
(Psychomotor Domain: Coach)
Outcome Start Date:
08/01/2008
Outcome Status:
Active
Means of Assessment:
Multiple Choice Exam Questions 10-11
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Assessment Tool:
Test - Standardized
Standard - Criteria for Success:
75% of the students will obtain a 70% on a
multiple choice assessment instrument.
03/26/2010 - 125 students responded
87% responded correctly
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
Although the standard was met, the
Discipline will repeat this SLO with a new
assessment tool that better reflects the
Micro course
03/26/2010 - A new assessment tool
was developed.
Discipline - Economics (SLO's) - Economics
-Cost/Benefit Analysis - A student will
predict the macroeconomic and
microeconomic impact of input price
changes (wages and resources) through the
use of marginal cost/marginal benefit
Means of Assessment:
Multiple Choice Exam Questions 1-2, 6-8
03/26/2010 - 125 students responded.
71% responded correclty.
Result Type:
Standard Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
03/26/2010 - A new assessment
tool will be used.
08/21/2012 2:07 PM
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Assessment Tool:
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Student Learning Outcomes
Means of Assessment & Standard Criteria for Success / Strategie(s)
Results/Analysis
analysis. (Cognitive Domain: Synthesis)
Outcome Start Date:
08/01/2008
Outcome Status:
Active
Test - Standardized
Standard - Criteria for Success:
75% of the students will obtain a 70% on a
multiple choice assessment instrument
Evaluation of the Assessment:
Although the standard was met, the
Discipline will repeat this SLO with a new
assessment tool that better reflects the
Micro course
Discipline - Economics (SLO's) - Economics
- Global Economy - A student will select one
segment of the global economy and
evaluate U. S. participation in that segment,
through the use of Aggregate
Demand/Aggregate Supply and Consumer
Utility analyses. (Cognitive Domain:
Evaluation)
Outcome Start Date:
08/01/2008
Outcome Status:
Active
08/21/2012 2:07 PM
Means of Assessment:
Multiple Choice Exam Questions 3-5.
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Assessment Tool:
Test - Standardized
Standard - Criteria for Success:
75% of the students will obtain a 70% on a
multiple choice assessment instrument
03/26/2010 - 125 students responded
51% responded correclty.
Result Type:
Standard Not Met
Recommendation Status:
2 - Recommendation Documented
Evaluation of the Assessment:
Although the standard was not met, the
Discipline will repeat this SLO with a new
assessment tool that better reflects the
Micro course. The SLO will be redefined.
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Use of Results for Improvement & Follow
-Up
03/26/2010 - A new assessment tool
will be developed in Spring 2012.
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