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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Revised 09/06/2012
Course Prefix, Nu m her and Title: PS Y 10 I-General Psychology
Division/Unit: Division of Liberal Arts/Social Sciences
Submitted by: Paula Frioli-Peters
Contributing Faculty: Kevin Dugan, Robert Fletcher, John Coles, Paula Frioli, All Part-time Faculty
Academic Year: 2012-2013
Assessment Semester: Fall X Spring D
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.
Outcome#l
Students will demonstrate an
understanding of major theories
in Psychology, which includes
understanding and identifying
key concepts in the following
theories/areas: Leaming,
Personality, Neuroscience,
Developmental, Cogntive and
Motivation/emotion. For fall
2012 we created assessment
quizzes with questions from
chapter 7 - Leam~ng and Chapter
13 - Psycholog ical Disorders..
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 completed a
"conceptual" and an
"application" quiz for chapter 7
(Leaming) and Chapter 13
(Psychological d isorders).
Mastery was defined as earning a
65% on each quiz. The average
of student's performance
(percentage of correct answers)
in all classes was compared with
the average of students'
performance in classes taught by
full-time (FT) and part-time (PT)
faculty.
In order to identify strengths and
weaknesses of curricula an item
analyses was conducted and the
results were examined in terms of
percentage of correct answers for
each question.
On chapter 7 conceptual quiz the
overall average (results from
students taught by full-time and
part-time faculty combined was
63%; students taught by FT had
an average of 66% and students
taught by PT had an average of
59%. The specific questions that
less than 65% of the students
answered correctly reflected
under-developed comprehension
on concepts described below.
Chapter 7 - Leaming:
conditioned and unconditioned
stimulus and responses in
classical conditioning; the role of
cognitive process in operant
conditioning; the difference
between positive and negative
reinforcement, and punishment;
intermittent schedules of
reinforcement, conditioned
Chapter 7 - Leaming has been
known as a "problem" content
area in psychology. Previous
assessment has shown that
students have difficulties
mastering theories of learning
specially operant conditioning
and schedules of reinforcement.
The results of fall 2012
assessment will be shared with
psychology faculty emphasizing
what areas our students need
support with.
The identified areas where
students did not master content
will be shared with faculty in an
effort to generate ideas and
support faculty improving
teaching methodology.
Psychology faculty will be
encouraged to develop expanded
content and/or instructional
methods to address these content
areas.
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Full-time faculty should meet to
develop ideas and strategies on
how to support faculty to
improve teaching in these content
areas.
A workshop on teaching
methodology and ancillary
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Course Prefix, Number and Title: PSY IOI-General Psychology
Division/Unit: Division of Liberal Arts/Social Sciences
Submitted by: Paula Frioli-Peters
Contributing Faculty: Kevin Dugan, Robert Fletcher, John Coles, Paula Frioli, All Part-time Faculty
Academic Year: 2012-20 I 3
Course Outcomes
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
reinforcer; desensitization and
social learning theory. On
Chapter 13 - Psychological
Disorders students didn't meet
expectations in comprehending:
self-fulfilling prophecies; the
prevalence of depression,
obsessive compulsive disorder
and histrionic personality
disorder.
Outcome# 2
Students will understand and
apply basic research methods in
psychology, including research
design, data analysis and
interpretation.
Outcome #3
Students will be able to utilize
basic research skills to carry out
research on a psychological
topic.
The psychology department
developed an assessment cycle
for the different teaming
outcomes. In fall 2012 this
outcome was not assessed.
Same as above.
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Use of Results
material specifically related to
those areas should be offered.
Effect on Course
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Course Prefix, Number and Title: PSY IOI-General Psychology
Division/Unit: Division of Liberal Arts/Social Sciences
Submitted by: Paula Frioli-Peters
Contributing Faculty: Kevin Dugan, Robert Fletcher, John Coles, Paula Frioli, All Part-time Faculty
Academic Year: 2012-2013
Please enter your name and date below to confirm you have reviewed this report:
Name
Date
Dean
Armida Fruzzetti
9/9/201 3
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Jane Nichols
Title
Department Chair/Coordinator/Director
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