Course Number/Title ENGR 10/Introduction to Engineering GE Area: E__
Results reported for AY _2013-2014 # of sections _4_______ # of instructors __2
Course Coordinator: _Thalia Anagnos________ E-mail: ____thalia.anagnos@sjsu.edu
Department Chair: ___Ahmed Hambaba College: __Engineering
Part 1 (To be completed by the course coordinator):
(1) What SLO(s) were assessed for the course during the AY?
This was a new area E course. Most of the assessment was focused on formative assessment of the effectiveness and implementation of the Area E term paper that addressed
SLO 1: Recognize the physiological, social/cultural, and psychological influences on their well-being
(2) What were the results of the assessment of this course? What were the lessons learned from the assessment?
In fall 2013 students were given a survey about the research paper assignment and the resources that were provided to complete the assignment (375 students responded). The survey questions and results follow.
Yes
84%
No
14%
No
Response
2% I turned in the outline for the Student Development
Paper
I turned in the Student Development Paper
I asked for help from a librarian to complete the library research.
When I had questions about the assignment I went to office hours to get help.
I went to Peer Connections or the Writing Center to get feedback on the outline or the paper.
94%
8%
12%
7%
4 or 5
4%
91%
87%
91%
1 or 2
2%
1%
1%
2%
On a scale of 1 to 5, how helpful were the online videos in understanding and completing this assignment?
56%
Strongly
Agree or
Agree
75%
3
(neutral)
29%
Disagree or
Strongly
Disagree
22%
12%
No
Response
3%
No
Response
3% The assignment and videos provided me enough information to do the library research.
The word limit of 500-600 words was too low. In the future the assignment should be kept the same and the word count range increased to 600-1000 words.
The word limit of 500-600 words was too low for this assignment. In the future the assignment should be modified so that it can be completed in 600 words.
The rubric and checklist helped me understand what was expected of me to complete this assignment.
After doing my research, I found a topic to write about that was interesting to me.
79%
60%
84%
59%
17%
38%
13%
38%
4%
2%
3%
3%

Doing the research and writing the paper allowed me to explore a topic that can help me be more successful in college.
Researching and writing the paper allowed me to better understand how my decisions and activities affect my well-being.
When I have some time, I plan to explore in more detail one of the issues that I learned about in this assignment.
What was one lesson that you took away from this assignment?
What did you like best about this assignment?
What suggestions do you have to improve this assignment or the preparation for the assignment?
54%
66%
35%
44%
32%
62%
2%
2%
3%
These were short answer questions that were used to better understand the responses to the multiple choice questions.
(3) What modifications to the course, or its assessment activities or schedule, are planned for the upcoming year? (If no modifications are planned, the course coordinator should indicate this.)
Based on the feedback from students we made the following adjustments in Spring 2014 a.
Increased the maximum length of the paper from 500 to 1000 words. b.
Added a lecture devoted to peer review of student outlines c.
Provided a suggested topic list to the students to help them identify a topic d.
Modified some of the online videos and PowerPoints to provide additional information e.
Added an additional check-in point with respect to the student research
For Fall 2014 we have modified the rubric in Canvas to help automate the collection of assessment data for this assignment. We have now added in the GE Learning outcome to the rubric and will collect the data as we grade the assignment.
Part 2 (To be completed by the department chair (with input from course coordinator as appropriate):
(4) Are all sections of the course still aligned with the area Goals, Student Learning Objectives (SLOs),
Content, Support, and Assessment? If they are not, what actions are planned?
All sections of ENGR 10 have a common syllabus so are aligned with Area E. All sections of the course still aligned with the area Goals, Student Learning Objectives (SLOs), Content, Support, and
Assessment.
(5) If this course is in a GE Area with a stated enrollment limit (Areas A1, A2, A3, C2, D1, R, S, V, &
Z), please indicate how oral presentations will be evaluated with larger sections (Area A1), or how practice and revisions in writing will be addressed with larger sections, particularly how students are receiving thorough feedback on the writing which accounts for the minimum word count in this GE category (Areas A2, A3, C2, D1, R, S, V, & Z) and, for the writing intensive courses (A2, A3, and
Z), documentation that the students are meeting the GE SLOs for writing.
N/A – ENGR 10 is an Area E course.