General Education Assessment
Fall 2009
Form 2
Category: Global
Instructor __________________________________
Class ______________________________
Instructions:
Complete only the cells that apply. Leave others blank. This is a word document. Cells will expand as you type.
Suggestions for clarifying the learning objectives are included (see Form 1). If you subdivided any of the objectives differently on Form 1, please be
sure to transfer the changes to this form. If you did not subdivide the objectives, complete only the shaded areas.
Include sample materials (test, assignment, or portion thereof) as attachments with this form if you did not already attach them with Form 1.
If you have used Test Scoring Services for grading Multiple Choice/True-False exams you do not need to calculate your results for the purposes of
this assessment. Contact Kris Bendikas to find out how to request the information needed from Test Scoring Services.
If you have questions about how to complete the form, contact Kris Bendikas, 437-4793 or email kbendikas@uamail.albany.edu.
Please return the form and any supporting materials to kbendikas@uamail.albany.edu no later than December 22, 2009.
Learning Objectives
These are the five objectives for this
category.
The following are suggestions for making
the objectives more specific and therefore
easier to measure. If you indicated different
subdivisions on Form 1, be sure to report on
the results of those assessments.
1. Students will able to demonstrate an
understanding of the impact (e.g.
economic, political, historical, cultural) of
nations, regions, and cultures upon other
nations, regions, and cultures.
Results
Record the number of students
achieving at the different levels
for each objective. Per the Gen
Ed Plan, results translate as
follows:
Exceeded = A, A- Met = B+, B,
B-, C+, C, C- Approached = D+,
D, D- Did not meet = E
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
A. Students will be able to summarize the
main ways that economic, political,
historical and cultural contact between
nations, regions or cultures influence the
politics, culture and economies of each of
the nations, regions or cultures being
studied.
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
B. Students will be able to critically analyze
the relationship between and the variable
economic, political and cultural impacts of
at least 2 different nations, regions or
cultures being studied.
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
C. Students will be able to justify or critique
a particular historical or current political or
economic decision by a nation, region or
culture being studied in terms of its impact
on other nations, regions or cultures.
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
D. Other?
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
Reflection
Based on these results, briefly (2-3
sentences) describe what changes would
you make to your teaching strategies or
curriculum if you taught this course again.
Learning Objectives
These are the five objectives for this
category.
The following are suggestions for making the
objectives more specific and therefore easier to
measure. If you indicated different subdivisions
on Form 1, be sure to report on the results of
those assessments.
2. Students will able to demonstrate an
understanding of the reciprocal
interactions between individuals and
global systems.
A. Students will be able to give examples of
how global systems (technology,
economics, political ideologies, religions,
and manifestations of culture disseminated
globally by the media), affect their own
lives.
B. Students will be able to compare and
contrast the ways in which how global
systems (technology, economics, political
ideologies, religions, and manifestations of
culture disseminated globally by the media)
affect the lives of people living in other
regions, countries and cultures differently
from their own lives.
Results
Record the number of students
achieving at the different levels
for each objective..
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
C. Students will be able to imagine or predict
how events resulting from political/cultural
situations in the particular regions, countries
or cultures being studied can affect global
systems such as technology, economics,
political ideologies, or religions.
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
D. Other?
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
Reflection
Based on these results, briefly (2-3
sentences) describe what changes would
you make to your teaching strategies or
curriculum if you taught this course again.
Learning Objectives
These are the five objectives for this
category.
The following are suggestions for making the
objectives more specific and therefore easier to
measure. If you indicated different subdivisions
on Form 1, be sure to report on the results of
those assessments.
3. Students will able to demonstrate an
ability to see cultural groups from
their own points of view.
A. Students will be able to describe their
own cultural identity and what it means
to belong to their particular cultural
group.
B. Students will be able to compare and
contrast the experience of different
cultural groups with their own
experience.
C. Students will be able to analyze how a
particular historical, economic or
political event has affected or could
affect the experience of people from a
different cultural group in terms of how
those people see themselves and their
place in the world.
D. Other?
Results
Record the number of students
achieving at the different levels
for each objective..
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
Exceeded
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Exceeded
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Did not meet
Reflection
Based on these results, briefly (2-3
sentences) describe what changes would
you make to your teaching strategies or
curriculum if you taught this course again.
Learning Objectives
These are the five objectives for this
category.
The following are suggestions for making the
objectives more specific and therefore easier to
measure. If you indicated different subdivisions
on Form 1, be sure to report on the results of
those assessments.
4. Students will able to demonstrate an
ability to use the analytic tools of a
specific discipline to engage in
comparative analyses of cultures,
nations, and regions.
Results
Record the number of students
achieving at the different levels
for each objective..
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
A. Students will be able to use the
vocabulary of a discipline to describe
the characteristics of different cultures,
nations and regions.
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
B. compare different cultures, nations and
regions according to criteria established
by the discipline.
Exceeded
Met
Approached
Did not meet
Exceeded
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Approached
Did not meet
Exceeded
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Approached
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Approached
Did not meet
C. Students will be able to analyze
interactions between different cultures,
nations, and regions according to criteria
established by the discipline.
D. Other?
Reflection
Based on these results, briefly (2-3
sentences) describe what changes would
you make to your teaching strategies or
curriculum if you taught this course again.
Cut and paste, or add as attachments, two examples of assessment tools (e.g. an assignment, a quiz) you used for different objectives, as indicated on Form 1.
How long did it take you to gather and prepare the assessment results in order to complete this form? __________
How long did it take you to complete this form? __________
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