LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Course Assessment
Division: Humanities and Fine Arts
Discipline/Program:
Philosophy
Course Number and Name: PHIL 006 Logic in Practice 7645 ONLINE Paul Greenberg
Program Contact Person: David O’Shaughnessy
Phone (310) 233-4429
Reviewed by: Elena Reigadas, SLO Assessment Coordinator
Date:
Fall 2013
Attach additional pages as necessary.
Institutional
Learning Outcomes
1
Course Intended Outcomes
(1) The student will be able to
distinguish between inductive
and deductive arguments
Means of Assessment and Criteria for
Success
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
Summary of Data Collected
14/22 A-C range 64%
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
1
(2) The student will be able to
recognize the most common
informal fallacies
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
16/23 A-C range 70%
Use of Results
Suggest English 28 be adopted as a
prerequisite.
ONLINE Students need to be made
aware of the fact that they have to
study at least 10 hours a week..
Based on an informal survey, the
vast majority, about 85%, of
students are studying while doing
other things, texting, talking on the
phone, chatting online, listening to
music, watching TV, playing video
games, hence they are not focusing
on the material they need to in
order to be successful in class.
ONLINE Students need to be made
aware of the fact that they have to
study at least 10 hours a week..
Based on an informal survey, the
vast majority, about 85%, of
students are studying while doing
other things, texting, talking on the
phone, chatting online, listening to
music, watching TV, playing video
games, hence they are not focusing
on the material they need to in
order to be successful in class.
1
1
(3) The student will be able to
reduce arguments to their
skeletal structure
Means: Written assessment
(4) The student will be able to
define the 25 core vocabulary
words of the course.
Means: Written vocabulary test consisting
of 25 words.
13/19 A to C range 68%
ONLINE Students need to be
encouraged to communicate
questions to the professor much
more frequently. Even though I
list a phone number where I can
be reached, I received no calls,
nor did I receive more than two
enquiries throughout the
semester.
Did not test directly for this.
18/22 A to C range 82%
This material is the easiest in the
course, as evidence by the
statistics.
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
1
(5) The student will be able to
distinguish between the major
uses of language – (I.E. emotive, informative, directive,
connotative, denotative,
prescriptive, descriptive,
metaphoric, etc.).
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
Spring2013
Attach additional pages as necessary.
Institutional
Learning Outcomes
1
Course Intended Outcomes
(1) The student will be able to
distinguish between inductive
and deductive arguments
Means of Assessment and Criteria for
Success
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
Summary of Data Collected
47/59: 83% of students
scored at least 70% on the
assessment.
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
1
(2) The student will be able to
recognize the most common
informal fallacies
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
38/61: 62% of students scored
at least 70%. Criteria were not
met.
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment
1
1
(3) The student will be able to
reduce arguments to their
skeletal structure
Means: Written assessment
(4) The student will be able to
define the 25 core vocabulary
words of the course.
Means: Written vocabulary test consisting
of 25 words.
Use of Results
Suggest English 28 be adopted as a
prerequisite.
Students need to be made aware of
the fact that they have to study 3
hours at home for every 1 hour in
class. Based on an informal survey,
the vast majority, about 85%, of
students are studying while doing
other things, texting, talking on the
phone, chatting online, listening to
music, watching TV, playing video
games, hence they are not focusing
on the material they need to in
order to be successful in class.
Suggest English 28 be adopted as a
prerequisite.
Students need to be made aware of
the fact that they have to study 3
hours at home for every 1 hour in
class. Based on an informal survey,
the vast majority, about 85%, of
students are studying while doing
other things, texting, talking on the
phone, chatting online, listening to
music, watching TV, playing video
games, hence they are not focusing
on the material they need to in
order to be successful in class.
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
100/121: 83% of students
scored at least 70% on
assessment test.
Give tests early in semester and
inform students that if they do
not perform well on these tests
they will be dropped.
least 70% on the assessment.
1
(5) The student will be able to
distinguish between the major
uses of language – (I.E. emotive, informative, directive,
connotative, denotative,
prescriptive, descriptive,
metaphoric, etc.).
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
Make a tests count very heavily
towards a grade and students
will tend to perform better on
them, as long as they only have
to memorize material and not
analyze anything.
Fall 2012
Attach additional pages as necessary.
Institutional
Learning Outcomes
1
Course Intended Outcomes
(1) The student will be able to
distinguish between inductive
and deductive arguments
Means of Assessment and Criteria for
Success
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
Summary of Data Collected
10/26 A-C range 38%
Ave Score 92 57%
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
1
(2) The student will be able to
recognize the most common
informal fallacies
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
1
(3) The student will be able to
reduce arguments to their
skeletal structure
Means: Written assessment
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
Use of Results
Suggest English 28 be adopted as a
prerequisite.
Students do seem to be able to
retain information from the
beginning of semester to the end of
the semester, as they perform
better on material closest to final.
16/26 A-C range 62%
AVE Score 68%
Students need to be made aware of
the fact that they have to study 3
hours at home for every 1 hour in
class. Based on an informal survey,
the vast majority, about 85%, of
students are studying while doing
other things, texting, talking on the
phone, chatting online, listening to
music, watching TV, playing video
games, hence they are not focusing
on the material they need to in
order to be successful in class.
Suggest English 28 be adopted as a
prerequisite.
Students need to be made aware of
the fact that they have to study 3
hours at home for every 1 hour in
class. Based on an informal survey,
the vast majority, about 85%, of
students are studying while doing
other things, texting, talking on the
phone, chatting online, listening to
music, watching TV, playing video
games, hence they are not focusing
on the material they need to in
order to be successful in class.
1
(4) The student will be able to
define the 25 core vocabulary
words of the course.
Means: Written vocabulary test consisting
of 25 words.
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
1
(5) The student will be able to
distinguish between the major
uses of language – (I.E. emotive, informative, directive,
connotative, denotative,
prescriptive, descriptive,
metaphoric, etc.).
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
21/27 A-C range 78%
AVE. Score 121/150 80%
Make a tests count very heavily
towards a grade and students
will tend to perform better on
them, as long as they only have
to memorize material and not
analyze anything.
October 2010
Attach additional pages as necessary.
Institutional
Learning Outcomes
1
Course Intended Outcomes
(1) The student will be able to
distinguish between inductive
and deductive arguments
Means of Assessment and Criteria for
Success
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
1
(2) The student will be able to
recognize the most common
informal fallacies
1
(3) The student will be able to
reduce arguments to their
skeletal structure
Means: Written assessment
(4) The student will be able to
define the 25 core vocabulary
words of the course.
Means: Written vocabulary test consisting
of 25 words.
1
Summary of Data Collected
26/37 A-C range 70%
Suggest English 28 be adopted as a
prerequisite.
26/37 A-C range 70%
Suggest English 28 be adopted as a
prerequisite.
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
30/37 A-C range 81%
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
1
(5) The student will be able to
distinguish between the major
uses of language – (I.E. emotive, informative, directive,
connotative, denotative,
prescriptive, descriptive,
metaphoric, etc.).
Means: Common multiple-choice exam
consisting of 20 questions
Criteria: 70% of students should score at
least 70% on the assessment.
Use of Results
32/37 A-C range 86%