COURSE SLO ASSESSMENT REPORT, SAC
Department: Theatre Arts
Course: THEA 110 Acting Fundamentals
Semester: Fall Year: 2013
Faculty Member: Chris Cannon
Semester: Fall
Year: 2013
Semester:
Institutional
SLO
Course SLO
Method of
Assessment
Outcomes
Assessment
Plan for
Implementation
1. Communication
Skills
A. Reading and Writing
Students will be able to
interpret dramatic and
comedic monologue
scripts through analysis.
They will demonstrate
analytical skills by
writing acting
methodology analyses,
character analyses,
character biographies,
and scoring texts.
A character
autobiography written
assignment which
involves character
analysis and scoring
texts with beat sheets.
An acting methodology
analysis based on the
course textbook and
acting games and
exercises explored in
class. Assigning each
student into separate
performance groups and
specific performance
days to determine how
each student is
progressing in their
understanding of
applying analysis to
performance.
These assignments,
workshops, and
performance groups have
proven very effective in
helping the student grasp
the sometimes confusing
principles involved in
character preparation.
These approaches have
resulted in a higher rate
of assignment
completion.
Continue performance
group approach and
“assignment workshop”
sessions where the
requirements for the
assignments are
discussed and students
receive a handout
explaining the
requirements in detail.
Keep to a regular
schedule of reminders
about the assignments
and the due dates at
strategic points during
the semester.
B. Listening and
Speaking
Students will be able to
utilize interactive
listening strategies.
They will be able to
discuss and critique the
performances by their
peers, as well as
evaluate their own work.
Students will be able to
apply various acting
methodologies in the
delivery of
characterizations from a
variety of dramatic
scenarios and scripts.
Practical
application/experience
in character
development through
performance exercises
and acting games
measured in final scene
study and monologues
exercises.
As a result of the
assignment workshops
and scheduled reminders,
students are improving in
their ability to make the
connection that the
acting games and
exercises expose them to
methodologies necessary
for preparing their
monologue and scene
characters.
Continue performance
group approach and
“assignment workshop”
sessions where the
requirements for the
assignments are discussed
and students receive a
handout explaining the
requirements in detail.
Keep to a regular
schedule of reminders
about the assignments
and the due dates at
strategic points during the
semester.
Reassessment
Year:
Outcome
Plan for
Implementation
2. Thinking and
Reasoning
A. Creative Thinking
B. Critical Thinking
Students will
demonstrate original
thought by using their
imaginations when
developing written
character analyses for
their monologue scripts.
The character
autobiography written
assignment involves
using imagination to
create a personal history
of the character. This
history is based on
information contained in
the monologue and is
written in the first
person.
This assignment has
proven very effective in
stimulating the student’s
imagination. The
assignment workshops
have proven very
effective in helping the
student understand and
accurately complete the
assignments.
Students will be able to
identify, interpret,
define, develop, and
utilize character
objectives, obstacles,
and tactics when
developing character
choices.
Practical
application/experience
using acting exercises
and a written character
autobiography focusing
on applying objectives,
obstacles, and tactics to
a character performance.
Combining the practical
exercises with a
demonstration and
discussion about using
beat worksheets has
helped the students make
the connection from the
exercises to actual
application in
monologues
performances.
Continue “assignment
workshop” sessions
where the requirements
for the assignments are
discussed and students
receive a handout
explaining the
requirements in detail.
Keep to a regular
schedule of reminders
about the assignments
and the due dates at
strategic points during the
semester.
Continue practical
exercises and
demonstration and
discussion sessions
about using beat
worksheets.