Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: German
Course Number: GER 111
School/Unit: SOLA
Submitted by: Dagmar Bohlmann
Contributing Faculty: Nancy Faires
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Complete and submit your assessment report electronically to your Academic Dean. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or a narrative description of the assessment activities in your
program or discipline.
Program, Discipline or
Course Outcomes
In the boxes below,
summarize the outcomes
assessed in your program
or discipline during the
last year.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
In the boxes below,
summarize the methods used
to assess program, discipline,
or 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.
Outcome #1:
Students will read,
understand, interpret,
and communicate
spoken and/or written
German at a beginner’s
level.
Students will demonstrate
their acquired knowledge
by examination which will
prove their ability to read,
write, speak, and/or
comprehend at a beginner’s
level.
These are the core indicators
numbers one through ten targeted:
1. sein/heißen
2. present tense: subject verb
agreement
3. nominative case: definite
and indefinite articles
4. haben
5. kennen/können/wissen
6. coordinating and
subordinating conjunctions
7. modal verbs
möchten/mögen, können,
sollen, dürfen, müssen,
wollen
8. accusative prepositions
9. conversational past with
haben and sein
10. word order: subject-verb
inversion, two-part verbs
Seventeen (17) assessments were
completed by one (1) section of GER
111. The average was 6.8 correct out
The assessment indicated that
the following fell below a
70% accuracy level:
1. modal verbs
möchten/mögen, können,
sollen, dürfen, müssen,
wollen
2. accusative prepositions
3. word order: subject-verb
inversion, two-part verbs
Effect on Program, Discipline or
Course
Based on the results of this
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? If so, please summarize
how and why in the boxes below.
GER 112 will focus on
reviewing
1. modal verbs möchten/mögen,
können, sollen, dürfen, müssen,
wollen
2. accusative prepositions
3. word order: subject-verb
inversion, two-part verbs
The next assessment tool might
focus primarily on the identified
areas.
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: German
Course Number: GER 111
School/Unit: SOLA
Submitted by: Dagmar Bohlmann
Contributing Faculty: Nancy Faires
Academic Year: 2010-2011
of 10. One section of GER 111 was
offered in Fall 2010. This assessment
was administered in the beginning of
Spring 2011.
The following indicates the number
of times out of seventeen (17) an
incorrect answer was chosen for
items 1-10:
1. sein/heißen (2)
2. present tense: subject verb
agreement (3)
3. nominative case: definite
and indefinite articles (3)
4. haben (1)
5. kennen/können/wissen (6)
6. coordinating and
subordinating conjunctions
(5)
7. modal verbs
möchten/mögen, können,
sollen, dürfen, müssen,
wollen (9)
8. accusative prepositions (11)
9. conversational past with
haben and sein (5)
10. word order: subject-verb
inversion, two-part verbs (9)
Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Discipline: German
Course Number: GER 111
School/Unit: SOLA
Submitted by: Dagmar Bohlmann
Contributing Faculty: Nancy Faires
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Outcome #2:
Students will be able to
identify personal values
and cultural mores
different than their own
in custom and usage.
A cultural-comparative
approach will be drawn
through the course.
Students will be able to
demonstrate global and
cultural awareness by
structured activities such as
research projects,
presentations,
examinations, and
discussions, etc.
For Program, Discipline or Course Assessment Reports:
I have reviewed this report:
Nancy Faires (signed electronically)
Department Chair
Armida Fruzzetti
Dean
Date_May 27, 2011
Date: May 27, 2011
John Tuthill
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services
Date August 23, 2011
Revised 9/28/2009