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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Revised I0/21/2013
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 211, Second-Year Spanish I
Division/Unit: Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty: Melissa Bullard, Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Academic Year: 2013-2014
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
In the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Effect on Course
In the boxes below, summarize
the methods used to assess course
outcomes during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize
the results of your assessment
activities during the last year.
In 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? If so, please
summarize how and why in the
boxes below:
Students will be able to
demonstrate their acquired
knowledge through
examination, which will
prove their ability to read,
write, speak, and/or
comprehend Spanish at an
intermediate level.
In spring 2014, we decided
to assess the following core
indicators: commands, the
present subjunctive, and por
vs. para.
The assessment indicated
that six (6) out of ten ( 10}
core indicators were above
70% accuracy. The average
was 74%. The four (4)
questions that targeted the
commands (questions # 1,
#8, #9, and #10} showed
accuracy between 45% and
97%. Two (2) of the four
(4} showed accuracy below
70%: 1.) the nosotros
command (question #I 0)
showed accuracy of 45%
and 2.) the tu command
(question # I) showed
accuracy of 59%. The 3
questions that targeted the
subjunctive (questions #2,
The tu and nosotros
commands, the tu
subjunctive, and por are
areas to be reinforced in
SPAN 211.
Outcome #I
Students will read,
understand,
interpret, and
communicate
spoken and/or
written Spanish at
an intermediate
level.
These are the targeted core
indicators numbered one
through ten:
l .) familiar commands (tu),
2.) subjunctive,
3.) subjunctive,
4.) por vs. para,
5.) culture (Outcome #2),
6.) subjunctive,
7.) por vs. para,
8.) commands (ustedes),
9.) commands ( ustedes),
and
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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
TMCC
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 211, Second-Year Spanish I
Division/Unit: Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty: Melissa Bullard, Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Academic Year: 2013-2014
10.) commands (nosotros).
Twenty-nine (29)
assessments were
completed by two (2)
sections of SPAN 211 in
spring 2014. The class
average was 7.4 correct
answers out of 10. Two (2)
sections of SPAN 211 were
offered in spring 2014.
Both instructors turned in
the assessment.
The following indicates the
number of times out of
twenty-nine {29) an
incorrect answer was
chosen for items 1-10:
l ) 12 familiar commands
(tu),
2.) 11 subjunctive,
3.) 4 subjunctive,
4.) 16 por vs. para,
5.) 0 culture (Outcome #2),
6.) 4 subjunctive,
7.) 4 por vs. para,
8.} I commands (ustedes},
9.) 6 commands (ustedes),
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#3, and #6) showed
accuracy between 62% and
87%. One ( 1) of the three
(3) showed accuracy below
70%: I.) the tu subjunctive
(question #2) showed
accuracy of 62%. The two
(2} questions that targeted
por vs. para (questions #4
and #7) showed accuracy
between 45% and 87%. Por
(question #4) showed
accuracy of 45%.
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 211, Second-Year Spanish I
Division/Unit: Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty: Melissa Bullard, Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Academic Year: 2013-2014
and
10.) 16 commands
{nosotros).
Outcome# 2
Students will be
able to identify
personal values and
cultural mores
different than their
own in custom and
usage.
A culturalcomparative
approach will be
drawn throughout
the course. Students
will demonstrate
global and cultural
awareness through
structured activities
such as research
projects,
presentations,
examinations, and
discussions, etc.
In spring 2014, we decided
to also assess the core
indicator of culture.
Question #5 tested culture.
Outcome #3
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The assessment indicated
100% accuracy for culture.
The assessment completed
in spring 2014 shows no
need for revision or
reinforcement.
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 211, Second-Year Spanish I
Division/Unit: Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty: Melissa Bullard, Carlo Ferguson-Mcintyre
Arademic Year: 20t3-2014
Title
~ame
Date
Department Chair/Coordinator/Director
Thomas Cardoza
6/3/2015
Dean
Vice President of Academic Affairs
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