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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Revised 10/2112013
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Business 106 - Professional Writing
Division/Unit: Business
Submitted by: Katharine Peake
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2014-2015
Complete and electronically submit your assessment report to your Department Chair/Coordinator/Director. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or
a narrative description of the assessment activities in your course.
Course Outcomes
Jn the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Effect on Course
Jn the boxes below, summarize
the methods used to assess course
outcomes during the last year.
Jn the boxes below, summarize
the results of your assessment
activities during the last year.
Jn the boxes below, summarize
how you are or how you plan to
use the results to improve student
learning.
Based on the results of this
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? ff so, please
summarize how and why in the
boxes below:
Rubric components of clarity,
completeness, lack of
unnecessary content, awareness
of audience and tone, use of
examples to illustrate/clarify
statements, use of correct
business format, grammatically
clean,
Ascertain whether students
improve writing skills throughout
the course.
Peer review of selected
assignments; self-review of all
assignments for both content and
correctness; increased online and
in-person discussions of
readings.
My rubric for writing is very
specific; each evaluation criteria
is broken down into five
subareas.
Two quizzes are given at the start
of each semester to assess
technical writing skills and
deficiencies. Deficiencies are
addressed throughout the
semester by review, drills and
corrections on all written
assignments.
Average scores for Spring 2015:
Diagnostic exam 83%; Common
Error Quiz 73%.
Outcome #I
English literacy
Business appropriate writing
Knowledge acquisition
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Business 106 - Professional Writing
Division/Unit:
Submitted by:
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2014-2015
Course Outcomes
Outcome# 2
Problem solving
Research
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Effect on Course
Each class is assigned a final
long report that asks students to
identify a business issue
(problem or opportunity),
complete research and write a
report that includes conclusions
and then recommendations for
action based upon the
conclusions.
For most students, this
assignment teaches them to
recognize potential consequences
arising from decisions made
within an employment
environment.
I provide samples on Canvas of
student reports (concealing
author identity). I update these
samples at the end of each
semester to ensure content is
current.
I try to present lessons using as
examples of businesses that are
innovative so that students
understand the relevance of the
assignment.
Students are given two short oral
assignments:
I ."Elevator Shafi'. presentation
(2-4 minutes) explaining what
their employment skills are for a
position of their choice.
2. Executive summary of their
long report.
Students team to overcome a
common fear of speaking in
public and understand that oral
communication is an essential
key to success in an employment
venue.
Based on feedback, I modified
the " Elevator Shaft" assignment
to an "Interview Panel"
assignment (for a Business I 07
course) where student teams take
turns interviewing each other
with questions the team creates.
I believe this interview panel
assignment asks for more student
involvement and I plan to
substitute it for the "Elevator
Shaft" assignment for future Bus.
106 classes.
Outcome#3
Oral Communication in Business
- face-to-face courses only
Scores on these two assignments
average between 87%-95%
demonstrating knowledge and
confidence gained during class
discussions conducted
throughout the semester.
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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Business 106 - Professional Writing
Division/Unit:
Submitted by:
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 201 4-201 5
Please enter your name and date be low to confirm you have reviewed this report:
Date
Title
Department Chair/Coordinator/Director
6/8/2015
Dean
Vice President of Academic Affairs
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