LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Course Assessment
Division: Science/Family & Consumer Studies
Discipline/Program: Child Development
Course Number and Name: CD 01 Child Growth and Development
Program Contact Person: ____Karen Grgas & Joyce Parker______
Reviewed by: Elena Reigadas, former SLO Assessment Coordinator
Institutional
Learning Outcomes
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Course Intended Outcomes
Identify unique characteristics
associated with physical,
cognitive and social/emotional
development of the infancy
period.
Means of Assessment
and Criteria for Success
Means: Students will
answer five objective
exam questions
pertaining to each area of
development.
Identify unique characteristics
associated with physical,
cognitive and social/emotional
development of the preschool
period.
Criteria: 75% of a
random sample of
students will score 70%
or higher on selected
exam questions.
Means: Students will
answer five objective
exam questions
pertaining to each area of
development.
Criteria: 75% of a
random sample of
students will score 70%
or higher on selected
exam questions.
Phone: ____x4559/x4556_____
Date: August 2014
Summary of Data
Collected
Use of Results
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Identify unique characteristics
associated with physical,
cognitive and social/emotional
development of the middle
childhood period.
Means: Students will
answer five objective
exam questions
pertaining to each area of
development.
Identify unique characteristics
associated with physical,
cognitive and social/emotional
development of the adolescent
period.
Criteria: 75% of a
random sample of
students will score 70%
or higher on selected
exam questions.
Means: Students will
answer five objective
exam questions
pertaining to each area of
development.
Use valid research techniques
to identify cultural beliefs
related to human development.
Criteria: 75% of a
random sample of
students will score 70%
or higher on selected
exam questions.
Means: Students will use
valid research methods to
obtain information to
compile a written
response to a specific
prompt.
Criteria: 75% of a
random sample of
students will score 70%
or higher based on an
assignment specific
grading rubric.
To be assessed Fall 2014
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Select hereditary and
environmental factors that
impact human development.
Means: Students will list
five hereditary and five
environmental factors
that impact prenatal
development.
Criteria: 75% of a
random sample of
students will score 70%
or higher on said
assignment.
Date: June 2011
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Institutional
Course Intended Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
(1)Relate the theoretical
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perspectives that have guided
thinking and research in child
development to the theorists
responsible for each theory and
the key assumptions that define
each theory.
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(2) Compare and contrast the
role of nature and nurture in
human development.
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(3) Identify the key terms and
principles in physical,
cognitive, and
social/personality development
during the infancy period of
human growth.
Means of Assessment
and Criteria for Success
Means: Students will
match nine (9) theories to
the theorist responsible
for each as well as the
key assumptions that
define each theory.
Criteria: 75% of students
will score a grade of C
(70%) or better.
Means: Students will list
three (3) characteristics
associated with nature
(innate human qualities)
and three (3)
characteristics associated
with nurture (personal
experiences).
Short essay: Students
will compare and
contrast the role that each
play in human
development.
Criteria: 75% of students
will score a grade of C
(70%) or better as
determined by a class
rubric.
Means: Students will
answer five (5) questions
in each of the three (3)
developmental domains
(physical, cognitive, and
social/personality). These
Summary of Data
Collected
Spring 2011
70% of students tested
earned a grade of C or
better.
Sample: 20 students
randomly selected.
Use of Results
Groups will be assigned one
of nine theorists to apply key
terms and assumptions to a
hypothetical situation
involving a child to reinforce
the major aspects of a child
development theory.
Fall 2011
Spring 2011
75% of students tested
earned an overall (3
domains) grade of C or
better.
Students will view DVDs on
each of the domains, discuss
each, and complete a
worksheet to reinforce text
material.
questions are chosen
randomly from a multiple
choice test of fifty (50)
questions.
Criteria: 75% of students
will score a grade of C or
better in all domains.
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(4) Identify the key terms and
principles in physical,
cognitive, and
social/personality development
during the early childhood
period of human growth.
(5) Identify the key terms and
principles in physical,
cognitive, and
social/personality development
during the middle childhood
period of human growth.
Means: Students will
answer five (5) questions
in each of the three (3)
developmental domains
(physical, cognitive, and
social/personality). These
questions are chosen
randomly from a multiple
choice test of fifty (50)
questions.
Criteria: 75% of students
will score a grade of C
(70%) or better in all
domains.
Means: Students will
answer five (5) questions
in each of the three (3)
developmental domains
(physical, cognitive,
social/personality). These
questions are chosen
randomly from a multiple
choice test of fifty (50)
questions.
Criteria: 75% of students
will score a grade of C
(70%) or better in all
domains.
Individual domains:
Physical 50%
Cognitive 85%
Soc/Per 75%
earned a grade of C or
better.
Sample: 20 students
randomly selected.
Spring 2011
70% of students tested
earned an overall (3
domains) grade of C or
better.
Individual domains:
Physical 95%
Cognitive 20%
Soc/Per
85%
Earned a grade of C or
better.
Students will view DVDs on
each of the domains, discuss
each, and complete a
worksheet to reinforce text
material.
Sample: 20 students
randomly selected.
Spring 2011
65% of students tested
earned an overall (3
domains) grade of C or
better.
Individual domains:
Physical 75%
Cognitive 60%
Soc/Per
70%
Sample: 20 students
randomly selected.
Students will view DVDs on
each of the domains, discuss
each, and complete a
worksheet to reinforce text
material.
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(6) Identify the key terms and
principles in physical,
cognitive, and
social/personality development
in the adolescent period of
human growth.
Means: Students will
Fall 2011
answer five (5) questions
in each of the three (3)
developmental domains
(physical, cognitive, and
social/personality). These
questions are chosen
randomly from a multiple
choice test of fifty (50)
questions.
Criteria: 75% of students
will score a grade of C
(70%) or better in all
domains.