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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
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Course Prefix, Number and Title: CHEM 220 Introductory Organic Chemistry
Division/Unit: Sciences
Submitted by: Matthew Leathen
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: Spring 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
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
In the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
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
course curriculum or course
outcomes? lfso, please
summarize how and why in
the boxes below:
Pre- and post- exams were
used both semesters to test
the students' knowledge
coming into the course and
what they learned during the
course. The exams were
developed from the ACS Exam
bank for Organic Chemistry.
See the attached data table
and graph on the Hake gain
and subject areas. We only
have Fall 2014 /Spring 2015
data available at this time.
Based upon the results, we will need to
focus on the following topical areas:
Reactions -Alcohol Oxidation
- Drawing Constitutional Isomers
- Reactions - Esters
- Enzyme Regulation
- Sugar Pyranose/Furanose Definiton
Stereochemical Relationships
No, we will keep the same
assessment plan for the next
year.
Pre- and post- exams were
used both semesters to test
the students' knowledge
coming into the course and
what they learned during the
course. The exams were
developed from the ACS Exam
bank for Organic Chemistry.
See the attached data table
and graph on the Hake gain
and subject areas. We only
have Fall 2014 I Spring 2015
data available at this time.
Based upon the results, we will need to
focus on the following topical areas:
Reactions - Alcohol Oxidation
- Drawing Constitutional Isomers
- Reactions - Esters
- Enzyme Regulation
Sugar Pyranose/Furanose Definiton
- Stereochemical Relationships
No, we will keep the same
assessment plan for the next
year.
Outcome #I
The student will gain
knowledge of selected organic
structures and reactions that
are important in physiological
activity and biochemistry
through, textual materials,
lectures, practice problems,
and laboratory work.
Outcome# 2
The student will gain
knowledge of the structure and
properties of compounds of
biochemical interest such as
amino acids, enzymes,
carbohydrates, and lipids
through, textual materials,
lectures, practice problems,
and laboratory work
Use of Results
-
Effect on Course
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CHEM 220 Topical Areas of Assessment:
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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
TMCC
Course Prefix, Number and Title: CHEM 220 Introductory Organic Chemistry
Division/Unit: Sciences
Submitted by: Matthew Leathen
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: Spring 2015
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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
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Course Prefix, Number and Title: CHEM 220 Introductory Organic Chemistry
Division/Unit: Sciences
Submitted by: Matthew Leathen
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: Spring 2015
The topics covered in the Final Assessment for the course are indicated as well as comparison between each semester.
Subject
% correct
Fall
Sp
2014
2015
9S
82
73
89
84
93
89
89
82
82
68
73
54
79
75
71
Fatty Acid Reactivity
63
55
71
DNA structure
SS
71
Amino Acid Classification
57
Functional Groups - Phenol Amide
59
DNA/RNA Properties
Protein Structure
Protein Structure
Physical Properties - Solubility
lipid Structure/Reactivity
Hydrogen Bonding
Acid - Base Chemistry
Functional Groups - Phenol Amide
Reactions - Alkanes (Stoichemotery)
71
Stereochemistry - Diastereomers
73
Nomenclature - Alcohols, Ketones
SS
Reactions - Amides
64
Carbohydrate Definition
Functional Groups Hemiacetal/Ketal
70
71
68
68
68
68
68
61
79
64
61
Carbohydrate Classification
Most common error
Sp 2015 Hake gain
Fall 2014
Confusing DNA vs RNA
0.86496299
Quaternary structure definition
Confusing protein structure classes
0.70092593
0.74204596
0.71982759
0.51146726
Not knowing physical properties
Confusing proteins and lipids
Not looking for Dipole moments for HBonding
FG properties
FG identity
Balancing the wrong equation nomenclature
FG Identity/reactivity
Half correct answer. Forgetting base
stacking
Not recognizing an alcohol as being polar
FG Structure
Not recognizing constitutional isomers
0.5924513
Wrong numbering priority
Acid identification
Carbohydrate definition
0.57022059
0.45625
FG Identity
Not knowing D/L nomenclature
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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
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Course Prefix, Number and Title: CHEM 220 Introductory Organic Chemistry
Division/Unit: Sciences
Submitted by: Matthew Leathen
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: Spring 2015
Reactions - Carboxylic Acids
73
70
55
57
Carbohydrate Linkages
so
Peptide Bonds
48
Enzyme Function
57
Lipid Definition/Behavior
61
Reactions - Alcohol Oxidation
Constitutional Isomers
34
41
Reactions - Esters
54
57
57
54
46
39
36
Enzyme Cooperativity
25
36
Confusing cooperativity and activation
Sugar Pyranose/Furanose Definition
Stereochem Relationship
Identification
61
29
Don't know pyranose/furanose
nomenclature
Not looking for stereocenters
20
11
62.6
Lipid Membrane Properties
Nucleic Acid Structure
Reactions - Alkenes
Overall
61.0
61
61
57
57
57
Confusing surface property of lipid bilary
Confusing proteins and DNA
0.40308199
0.4384058
Regioselectivity - not using Markovnikov
FG Identity
Glycosidic bond definition
Confusing protein and carbohydrate
structures
0.43678161
0.27536232
0.44152174
-0.2803527
Thinking all proteins are regulated
Lipid definition
Confusing oxidation/reduction?
Forgetting ethers as constitutional isomers
Reaction product identification
0.00942441
0.459
CHEM 220 Hack Gain:
A Hake Gain of 0.30 or greater indicates an active learning environment and a good learning gain. As can be seen, all but one section of CHEM 220 in F 14/Sp 15
showed good teaming gains.
Fall 2014:
Section 1001: 0.382
Section 1003: 0.374
Section 2001: 0.433
A II sections average: 0.419
Spring 2015
Section 1001: 0.431
Section 1003: 0.486
Section 2001 : 0.235
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