COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Revised 08/15/2012
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 111-First-Year Spanish I
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Gabriela Brochu and Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Complete and electronically submit your assessment report to your Department Chair/Coordinator/Director. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or
a narrative description of the assessment activities in your course.
Course Outcomes
In the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
Outcome #1
Students will read,
understand, interpret, and
communicate spoken and/or
written Spanish at a
beginner’s level.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Effect on Course
In the boxes below, summarize
the methods used to assess course
outcomes during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize
the results of your assessment
activities during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize
how you are or how you plan to
use the results to improve student
learning.
Based on the results of this
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? If so, please
summarize how and why in the
boxes below:
Students will be able to
One hundred and forty seven
demonstrate their acquired
knowledge through
examination which will prove
their ability to read, write,
speak, and/or comprehend
Spanish at a beginner’s level.
(147) assessments were
completed by eleven (11)
sections of SPAN 111.The
average was 7.7 correct out
of 10.
The following indicates the
number of times out of 147 an
incorrect answer was chosen for
items 1-10:
33 1. ser/estar,
15 2. present tense:
subject/verb agreement,
14 3. present tense:
subject/verb agreement and
stem-changing verbs,
58 4. direct object pronoun,
14 5. verb gustar,
50 6.noun/adjective
agreement,
35 7. ser/estar and tener,
47 8. ser/estar/tener and hay,
In the academic year 20062007, the assessment of
SPAN 111 indicated that only
noun/adjective agreement (60%
accuracy) fell below a
70% accuracy level. In the
present assessment of 2012,
the following core indicators
fell below a 70% accuracy
level: 4) direct object pronoun
(60% accuracy), 6)
noun/adjective agreement
(59% accuracy), 8) ser/estar/
tener and hay (68% accuracy)
and 9) present tense: present
progressive (59% accuracy).
The outcomes will not be
revised at this time.
In spring 2012, we decided to
assess the following core
indicators:
1) ser/estar,
2) present tense: subject/verb
agreement,
3) present tense: subject/verb
agreement and stem-changing
verbs,
4) direct object pronoun,
5) verb gustar
6) noun/adjective agreement
7) ser/estar and tener,
8) ser/estar/tener and hay,
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We started having meetings of
Spanish instructors in fall
2010. Once we finished one
cycle of assessment of the 4semester Spanish program, we
shared the results of
assessment and reinforced
teaching methods with fulltime and part-time faculty to
maintain consistent curriculum
at these meetings during
professional development. We
will continue to share results
of assessment in the next
meetings we hold twice a year
to reinforce direct object
pronoun; noun/adjective
agreement; ser/estar/tener and
hay; and present progressive.
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 111-First-Year Spanish I
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Gabriela Brochu and Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Course Outcomes
Assessment Measures
9) present tense: present
progressive, and
10) reading comprehension.
Outcome # 2
Students will be able to identify
personal values and cultural
mores different than their own in
custom and usage.
Assessment Results
60 9. present tense: present
progressive, and
8 10. reading comprehension.
A cultural-comparative approach
will be drawn throughout the
course. Students will be able to
demonstrate global and cultural
awareness by earning a 70% or
above through structured
activities such as research
projects, presentations,
examinations, and discussions,
etc.
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Use of Results
Effect on Course
Perhaps too much emphasis
was made to assessment at
these meetings and
precipitated less than
favorable results.
COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: SPAN 111-First-Year Spanish I
Division/Unit: School of Liberal Arts
Submitted by: Gabriela Brochu and Nancy Faires
Contributing Faculty:
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Please enter your name and date below to confirm you have reviewed this report:
Title
Name
Date
Dept. Chair/Coordinator/Director
Nancy Faires
5/17/2012
Dean
Armida Fruzzetti
8/10/2012
Vice President of Academic Affairs & Student Services
John G .Tuthill
8/24/2012
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