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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Revised 10/2 1/201 3
Course Prefix, Number and Title: CS202-Computer Science II
Division/Unit: Division of Sciences - Computer Technologies
Submitted by: Joel Fredrickson
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2012-2013
Co.mplete 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 O utcomes
In the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
O utcome#l
Students will demonstrate their
understanding of key concepts
by writing program code via Jabs
and projects. Many of the labs
and projects describe the
problem but leave the design and
implementation details to the
student
O utcome# 2
Students will design a multi-part
project of their own choosing.
The final project is
comprehensive and
implementation will span several
weeks.
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:
Mastery of C-t+ programming is
developed through programming
projects and exams.
Advanced language features are
presented in course. Students
are given multiple opportunities
to demonstrate their mastery of
C++ through individual and
group programming projects, as
well as exams. Assessment
results were good for the spring
semester, data was lost for the
fall semester, so no results from
that term are folded in. My
teaching style may have
improved in the spring, due to
repetition. Resulting in
improved grades.
88% of students received a
passing grade on the final
project. This indicates that I
have become proficient at
teaching the advanced C++
programming course.
No.
The final project is the ultimate
test of each student at the end of
the semester. As several weeks
are allowed for completion of
the project and there are multiple
steps for completing it
As noted above, the pass rate for
the final project was 88% for the
spring semester. This result is a
primary indicator that learning
has taken place and that students
The method of teaching I
employed was a mixture of
traditional lecture and "new
theory" PBL (problem-based
learning). The students
anecdotally expressed a
No.
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TMCC
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: CS202 - Computer Science II
Division/Unit: Division of Sciences - Computer Technologies
Submitted by: Joel Fredrickson
Contr ibuting Faculty:
Academic Year: 2012-201 3
Course O utcomes
O utcome#3
None
Assessment Measures
Accordingly, multiple
opportunities exist for students
to demonstrate their mastery of
the subject. These opportunities
include turning in a design
document, a code walk-through
(verbal assessment) a final
demonstration of a working
program (a second verbal
assessment), and a critical
evaluation by the instructor of
the project.
Assessment Results
wtU be well-placed to succeed m
future programming courses.
Use of Results
preterence tor the PBL
approach, as it allows them to be
creative and seek their own
knowledge (answers to
questions). I plan to increase the
PBL content of the course.
NIA
NIA
NIA
Effect on Course
NIA
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