General Education Assessment
Spring 2010
Form 2
Instructor __________________________________
Class ______________________________
Category: U.S. Diversity
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 May 28, 2010.
Learning Objectives
These are the five objectives for this category.
1. Students will able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the diversity and pluralism of U.S. society with respect to race, ethnicity, and gender, as well as class, sexual orientation, and/or religion.
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.
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
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A. Students will be able to define diversity and Exceeded
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.

pluralism as it is understood in the US.
B. Students will be able to compare and contrast the differing experiences of the main social or cultural groups (identified by their race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, and/or religion) that make up US society.
C. Students will be able to evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of historic political, social and cultural decisions made by and about the main social or cultural groups that make up US society.
D. Other?
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Learning Objectives
These are the five objectives for this category.
2. Students will able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the social and cultural influences that shape the perspectives of various social groups as well as students' own points of view.
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.
Results
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A. Students will be able to identify the social and cultural influences that shape the perspectives of various social groups in the US as well as their own.
B. Students will be able to compose a narrative or reconstruction of the social and cultural experience that shapes the perspective of a particular social group that is not their own.
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C. Students will be able to analyze issues of diversity through examples of popular and official media from specific time frames in US history.
D. Other?
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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.

3. Students will able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the contributions of various social groups to U.S. society.
A. Students will be able to describe the contributions of various social groups to US society.
B. Students will be able to compare and contrast the contributions to US society of specific social groups in terms of their historical, cultural, political and legal consequences.
C. Students will be able to critique or defend historical attempts made by specific social groups to change political, social or legal realities in the
US.
D. Other?
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Results
Record the number of students achieving at the different levels for each objective..
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.

4. Students will able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the sources and manifestations of controversy or conflict arising from
U.S. diversity and pluralism.
A. Students will be able to identify the sources and manifestations of controversy or conflict arising from U.S. diversity and pluralism.
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B. Students will be able to analyze the differing impacts on specific groups of controversies that have arisen due to the diversity and pluralism of
U.S. society.
C. Students will be able to place the sources and consequences of conflict arising from US diversity and pluralism into their historical, political and cultural context, and trace their effects in current social and political culture in the US.
D. Other?
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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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