MUS 26 - Music in American Culture - Stage 5 - Benedict Lim 
Assessment
| Assessment Methods | - Analysis of exam, quiz, or homework items linked to specific SLOs
 - Assignments based on rubrics (such as essays, projects, and performances)
 - Direct observation of performances, practical exams, group work
 - Student self-assessments (such as reflective journals and surveys)
 - Student satisfaction surveys
 
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| Assessment Description | Students were regularly asked to define musical terms and identify instruments used in selected American subcultures. | 
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| Learning Outcomes | ALL | 
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| Number of Sections | 1 | 
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| Number of Instructors | 1 | 
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| Number of Students | ~25 | 
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Data Analysis
| Data Shared With | - Faculty and staff within our department
 - Students
 
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| Data Sharing Methods | - Face-to-face meetings
 - Email
 - Phone
 - Shared document files
 
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| Data Summary | The majority of students were able to identify the sound of acoustic steel-string guitar as opposed to the sound of a classical guitar or a banjo. | 
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| Analysis Summary | Students have achieved outcome if they can identify sounds of different instruments with 80% accuracy. | 
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| Next Steps Planned | No answer | 
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| Learning Outcomes | No answer | 
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Changes
| Details | I updated my SLOs to conform with the current rubric. | 
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| Learning Outcomes | ALL | 
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Tentative Future Plans
| Term | Fall 2013 | 
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| Activities | Assessment (measurement) of outcomes  | 
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| More Details | I will measure the revised student outcomes using the current assessment tools I use: written exams, listening logs, in-class oral participation, term papers, extra credit reports. | 
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SLO Details Storage Location
- HARD COPY - In my personal filing system (my office)
 - HARD COPY - In a department filing system (department office)
 - ELECTRONIC COPY - In my electronic filing system (hard drive or web server)
 
 
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