Initial Report Last Modified: 04/23/2012 1. Please click the answer (strongly disagree, disagree, neither agree nor disagree, agree, or strongly agree) that best fits the question or comment below. # Question Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree Responses Mean 1 1. I can perform all steps of the writing process: planning, drafting, revising, editing, and preparing final papers. 8 1 7 102 97 215 4.30 2 2. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to generate ideas for papers. 8 7 25 92 83 215 4.09 3 3. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to draft papers. 7 5 26 99 76 213 4.09 4 4. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to 5 13 38 95 63 214 3.93 revise papers. 5 5. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to edit papers. 5 11 44 92 63 215 3.92 6 6. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to prepare final versions of papers. 5 9 19 106 76 215 4.11 7 7. I can write papers with a thesis, good organization, and welldeveloped ideas. 6 2 15 101 90 214 4.25 8 8. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to state theses. 5 4 27 106 72 214 4.10 9 9. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to write organized papers. 5 7 21 110 72 215 4.10 10 10. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to develop the content of my papers. 7 3 26 102 76 214 4.11 11 11. I can write with my audience in mind. 6 7 22 102 78 215 4.11 12 12. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to write with my audience in mind. 7 7 35 95 70 214 4.00 13 13. I can write papers with correct grammar, word choice, punctuation, and spelling. 5 11 39 101 59 215 3.92 14 14. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to write with correct grammar. 5 7 39 110 54 215 3.93 15 15. My Foundational Studies composition course 5 5 38 108 59 215 3.98 increased my ability to choose effective vocabulary. 16 16. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to punctuate correctly. 4 7 48 100 56 215 3.92 17 17. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to spell correctly. 6 9 56 89 54 214 3.82 18 18. I can find sources of information. 5 2 22 93 93 215 4.24 19 19. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to find sources of information. 6 8 33 88 80 215 4.06 20 20. I can quote and paraphrase accurately and document correctly. 5 8 29 98 75 215 4.07 21 21. My Foundational 5 8 37 93 71 214 4.01 Studies composition course increased my ability to quote and paraphrase accurately. 22 22. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to document correctly. Statistic 6 5 34 99 68 212 4.03 1. I can perform all steps of the writing process: planning, drafting, revising, editing, and preparing final papers. 2. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to generate ideas for papers. 3. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to draft papers. 4. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to revise papers. 5. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to edit papers. 6. My Foundational Studies composition course increased my ability to prepare final versions of papers. 7. I can write papers with a thesis, good organization, and welldeveloped ideas. Min Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Max Value 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Mean 4.30 4.09 4.09 3.93 3.92 4.11 4.25 Variance 0.75 0.96 0.86 0.92 0.91 0.81 0.72 Standard Deviation 0.87 0.98 0.93 0.96 0.95 0.90 0.85 Total Responses 215 215 213 214 215 215 214 F c m s