COURSE SLO ASSESSMENT REPORT, SCC
Department: Anthropology / Course: Anthropology 101 Introduction to physical Anthropology # 73314
Year: 2013 / Semester: Summer
Faculty Member: Benjamin S. Fierro
1) Outcome to be assessed
2) Means of Assessment and
criteria of success
3) Summary of data collected
4) Analysis of data
5) Plan of action/what to do
next
A) Effectively explain the
theory of evolution as it applies
to Homo sapiens, primate
origins and how these species
have survived over millions of
years.
A) Exam 1:
Written question/answer
Exam 2: Multiple choice
questions
Final exam: comprehensive
written and multiple choice
questions
B) Exam 1:
Written question/answer
Exam 2: Multiple choice
questions
Final exam: comprehensive
written and multiple choice
questions
C) Exam 1:
Written question/answer
Exam 2: Multiple choice
questions
Final exam: comprehensive
written and multiple choice
questions
D) Exam 1:
Written question/answer
Exam 2: Multiple choice
questions
Final exam: comprehensive
written and multiple choice
questions
26 of 26 students completed the
course and addressed all 4 SLOs.
100% of student completed
the course
Topics relevant to each SLO
were addressed continuously
throughout the course.
24 students successfully addressed
SLO: A)
2 Students did not.
92% successfully addressed
SLO: A)
The results here represent the
final exam only. However,
previous successes on exams
were also taken into account.
26 students successfully addressed
SLO: B)
100% successfully addressed
SLO: B)
26 students successfully addressed
SLO: C)
100% successfully addressed
SLO: C)
24 students successfully addressed
SLO: D)
2 Students did not.
92% successfully addressed
SLO: D)
B) Compare and contrast
various scientific concepts and
theories on the evolution of
culture and the behavior of apes,
australopithecines and the genus
Homo.
C) Explain the need to function
as ethical anthropological
scientists.
D) Synthesize learned
knowledge and critically think
about important subjects such as
how culture and biology
interact, the concept of race
and to evaluate the future
survival of Homo sapiens.
My observation is that a
comprehensive means of
evaluation as opposed to strictly
multiple-choice exams,
promotes a higher degree of
comprehension of the core
course concepts, despite the
students preference.
Less reliance on multiple choice
examinations can be better
incorporated into the course
evaluation of student
comprehension.
*Four this course, the longer
class sessions and daily
meetings greatly improved
student comprehension of course
concepts.