General Education Assessment
Workshop:
Spring 2013 Attributes
General Education Assessment
Committee (GEAC)
SUNY Oneonta
November 28, 2012
Workshop Structure
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Presentation/Discussion of process
Deborah Farro-Lynd, Mathematics, Computer
Science, and Statistics
 Brett Heindl, Political Science
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Small working sessions (facilitated by
GEAC members)
GEAC Members
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John Bagby, Theatre
Suzanne Black, English
(Fall 2012)
Amie Doughty, English*
Deborah Farro-Lynd,
Mathematics
Brian Haley, Anthropology
Brett Heindl, Political
Science
*On sabbatical, Fall 2012
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Kirsten Hilpert, Human
Ecology
Vicky Lentz, Biology (Chair)
Yuriy Malikov, History
Gayane Torosyan,
Communication Arts
William Vining, Chemistry &
Biochemistry
Recent Changes in GE
Assessment Process
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Schedule - attributes now only assessed once
every three years
New forms intended to place emphasis on
use of assessment data to inform teaching
and learning
Elimination of Critical Thinking and
Information Management as required
attributes for all GE courses
Life of the Mind sessions dedicated to GE
assessment as part of “closing the loop”
Planning Your General Education
Assessment – “Do’s”
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Make sure student learning outcomes (SLOs)
that are part of your attribute are listed on
your syllabus
Assess all SLOs that are part of your attribute
– do not add or delete attributes
Make sure your assignments map to the
SLOs
Have systematic way of evaluating nonquantitative assignments (e.g., rubrics)
Planning Your General Education
Assessment – “Don’t’s”
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Do not use final course grades as measures
for your SLOs
Do not add SLOs to the reporting form (fine to
have them, but not needed as part of GE
assessment)
Submitting Your Assessment Report
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Reports are due within two weeks of your final
exam
Reports should be submitted to:
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oiae@oneonta.edu
Your department chair
If you use a rubric, include a copy of it when
you submit your assessment report