Template to Report Results of Assessment of General Education Learning Outcomes
Academic Year 2011-12
Subject Area: Mathematics
1. Identify the course(s) used in the assessment. Include the prefix, number, and title of each course.
MATH 1530 – Probability and Statistics
2. Indicate the number of students who were assessed. Was sampling used? If yes, briefly describe
the method of selecting student work and the percentage of students whose work was assessed.
177 students were assessed – No sampling was used
3. Do the procedures described in Items 1 and 2 represent any significant change from previous
assessments? If so, describe the changes and rationale.
No
4. Tables below show the recorded results of the assessments of each learning outcome in the
subject area discussed in the report.
Pre-Test Data
Mathematics
Expected Learning Outcomes
Solve problems and determine if the solutions
are reasonable
Question
Number
Number
Missed
Number
Correct
Percent
Missed
Percent
Correct
1
2
126
156
51
21
71%
88%
29%
12%
Model real world behaviors and apply
mathematical concepts to the solution of reallife problems.
3
4
163
113
14
64
92%
64%
8%
36%
Make meaningful connections between
mathematics and other disciplines
5
6
147
154
30
23
83%
87%
17%
13%
Use technology for mathematical
reasoning
7
8
131
74
46
103
74%
42%
26%
58%
Apply mathematical and /or basic
statistical reasoning to analyze data and
graphs
9
10
162
101
15
76
92%
57%
8%
43%
Post – Test Data
Mathematics
Question Number
Number Missed
Expected Learning Outcomes
Solve problems and determine if the
solutions are reasonable
Number
Correct
Percent
Missed
Percent
Correct
1
2
68
107
109
70
38%
60%
62%
40%
Model real world behaviors and apply
mathematical concepts to the solution of
real-life problems.
Make meaningful connections between
mathematics and other disciplines
3
4
72
95
105
82
41%
54%
59%
46%
5
6
62
84
115
93
35%
47%
65%
53%
Use technology for mathematical
reasoning
7
8
107
24
70
153
60%
14%
40%
86%
Apply mathematical and /or basic
statistical reasoning to analyze data and
graphs
9
10
62
11
115
166
35%
6%
65%
94%
5. Summarize your impressions of the results reported in item 4. Based upon your interpretation of
the data, what conclusions emerge about student attainment of the learning outcomes?
The assessment table (Attached) shows no Unsatisfactory, each SLO had either a
Satisfactory of Superior outcome.
In the Expected Learning Outcomes (Number 4):
“Solve problems and determine if the solutions are reasonable” – The more thought
provoking problem is harder for the student to understand and the majority missed the
problem
“Model real world behaviors and apply mathematical concepts to the solution of real-life
problems” – When more than one step is applied to the problem, the students have a harder
time solving the problem
“Use technology for mathematical reasoning” – Using the calculator does not automatically
mean the student will get the problem correct. This question is from the first of the semester
and is not used again during the semester.
6. Do you plan to implement strategies to correct any deficiencies that emerged from the data
obtained? If yes, please explain.
Yes, the Mathematics Department will reevaluate the questions in the three Expected
Learning Outcomes stated in # 5. Also, the department will look at the validity of question 7
on the test. A concept stated at the first of the semester and not again during the semester,
where other concepts are built upon to see the “bigger picture”, might there be a better
question?
7.
Did you implement any plans to correct deficiencies based upon data obtained from the
assessment of 2010-11? If yes, please explain.
No