Motlow State Community College
Program Student Learning Outcomes
Use of Assessment Results
Spring Semester 2014
Program Title: General Education, Tennessee Transfer Pathway
Course: BIOL 2020 (Anatomy and Physiology II)
Expected Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Define and explain the anatomy and physiology of the Endocrine System (Questions 1, 2,
3, 4)
2. Describe and explain the anatomy and physiology of the Reproductive System.
(Questions 5, 6, 7, 8)
3. Describe and explain the anatomy and physiology of the Respiratory System. (Questions
9, 10, 11, 12)
4. Describe and explain the anatomy and physiology of the Cardiovascular System.
(Questions 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
5. Describe and explain the anatomy and physiology of the Digestive System. (Questions
18, 19, 20, 21)
6. Describe and explain the anatomy and physiology of the Urinary System. (Questions 22,
23, 24, 25)
Performance Measure(s): Pre-test, Post-test
Effectiveness Standard: Effectiveness of this course will be determined according to the
following two measures based upon the results of the Pre and Post-tests:
1. The percentage of Post-Test correct responses per item will be at least 20 points higher
than the percentage of Pre-Test correct responses per item if the Pre-Test values is
below 50%.
2. Each item will have at least 50% correct responses on the Post-test.
Assessment Results:
Results of the pre-test were as follows:
BIOL 2020 GE Pre-and Post-test Results for S14
Question
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
PreTest
#
Correct
117
138
190
88
143
PreTest
%
Correct
44%
62%
85%
39%
64%
PostTest
#
Correct
75
102
120
88
92
PostEffectiveness Effectiveness
Test
Standard #1
Standard #2
%
%
Met/Not
Met/Not
Correct Difference
Met?
Met?
N
Y
52%
8%
NA
Y
65%
4%
NA
Y
77%
-8%
N
Y
56%
17%
NA
Y
59%
-5%
Q6
Q7
Q8
Q9
Q10
Q11
Q12
Q13
Q14
Q15
Q16
Q17
Q18
Q19
Q20
Q21
Q22
Q23
Q24
Q25
119
97
36
134
88
71
173
123
100
75
111
79
110
166
120
94
105
99
103
76
53%
43%
16%
60%
39%
32%
78%
55%
45%
34%
50%
35%
49%
74%
54%
42%
47%
44%
46%
34%
113
106
49
115
94
97
115
113
98
80
76
73
115
117
111
92
121
107
84
61
72%
68%
31%
74%
60%
62%
74%
72%
63%
51%
49%
47%
74%
75%
71%
59%
78%
69%
54%
39%
19%
24%
15%
14%
21%
30%
-4%
17%
18%
18%
-1%
11%
24%
1%
17%
17%
30%
24%
8%
5%
NA
Y
N
NA
Y
Y
NA
NA
N
N
NA
N
Y
NA
NA
N
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
268 students took the pre-test and 144 students took the post-test.
For Effectiveness Standard #1, scoring for six questions met the standard, nine did not and ten
did not apply as pre-test scores were over 50%.
For Effectiveness Standard #2, scoring for twenty-one questions met the standard and four did
not.
Use of Assessment Results: Department faculty met electronically and discussed the results of
BIOL 2020 assessments. It was decided that the pre-/post-test was too long and had too many
questions. Faculty will work together to shorten future tests to no more than 10 questions.
It was also decided that having a pre-test earlier in the semester would produce more
representative pre-/post-test differences. In the future, pre-tests will be available online during
the first week of classes.