PHYS 1 - Introduction to Human Physiology - Stage 5 - Susan F. Akana
Assessment
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| Assessment Description | 1. New to S2013: All quizzes were conducted on Insight. This enabled "scrambled" questions to be administered to each student. Moreover, for the end-of-term review, a pool of "scrambled" questions were loaded for repeated pratice. 2. New to S2013: Technical lab reports & lecture papers were reviewed and returned with comments and a rubric sheet on Insight. 3. New to S2013: reflective journals 4. New to S2013: iClickers were introduced for end-of-term review. After a total of 3 hours; 75% of respondent would recommend it's use for future classes. |
| Learning Outcomes | ALL |
| Number of Sections | 1 |
| Number of Instructors | 1 |
| Number of Students | 21 |
Data Analysis
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| Data Summary | The majority of the students were able to supply at least a partial answer to each question on the problem set. |
| Analysis Summary | Students who turned in a rough draft on their first lecture paper scored a higher final grade on the assignment (average 87% versus 72%). New exercises designed to familiarize the students with the data acquisition system (BioPac self check), EMG preTEST, EKG preTEST, resulted in an increase in the final average scores on their technical laboratory reports compared to the performance of the previous class (84% versus 78%). |
| Next Steps Planned | I wrote a exercise sheet that was designed to be filled by a study group. Next semester, the assignment will first be required of each individual. Then, the study group must submit a concensus answer sheet. The goal is to encourage more discussion, reflection and to explicitly practice team-learning skills. |
| Learning Outcomes | ALL |
Changes
| Details | Added preTEST before technical labs, BioPac self-check, Blue Book reflections, new lab modules (osmosis, scientific method and polar/nonpolar molecules, memory and learning) and introduced iClickers in the 18th week of class for course review. |
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| Learning Outcomes | ALL |
GE Area C Details
| Learning Outcomes | The 4 problem sets were one the best arenas for providing the students structured questions where they had to describe and link facts to demonstrate understanding of a physiological model such as diabetes mellitus or infertility. The fourth problem set explicitly ask the student to apply physiological concepts to explain the outcome of a model in a "space alien" that possessed TWO livers. Students were asked to delineate the outcome of 10 physiological systems based on the hypothetical model. |
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| Number Students: Proficient | 15 |
| Number Students: Developing | 5 |
| Number Students: No Evidence | 1 |
| Criteria | Of 4 problem sets, the lowest score was dropped, the three remaining scores summed and a percentage was calculated for correct answers. The lower limit for proficiency, developing and no evidence were 90, 80 and 70%. |
| Extra Details | A hurdle in the course is the ability to learn to interpret and manipulate data with the software tools in the BioPac data acquisition system. Next semester, students will be required to demonstrate competency skills (supposedly learned in the assigned tutorial) in a new exercise sheet before they will be allowed to advance to collecting real data. |
Tentative Future Plans
| Term | Spring 2014 |
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| More Details | Quantitation of quiz, problem sets and problem sets based on performance of preTESTS and initial background questionnaires. |
SLO Details Storage Location
- ELECTRONIC COPY - In my electronic filing system (hard drive or web server)
- ELECTRONIC COPY - On a department web server or shared document system