- .. 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. Page I . -A. 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 Please enter your name and date below to confinn you have reviewed this report: Na me Title Date Department Chair/Coordinator/Director > ~t?tr-1,ffc; Dean ·~ of Academic e~ '1 Affairs Page 2