Spring 2013 Course SLO Review

PE 219A - Beginning Yoga - Stage 5 - Sean Laughlin

Assessment

Assessment Methods	Direct observation of performances, practical exams, group work Student self-assessments (such as reflective journals and surveys) Student satisfaction surveys
Assessment Description	Students will be asked to perform three sample, beginning level poses or a beginning level sun salutation with correct alignment, breath awareness and potential modifications. On a scale of 1 to 3, 75% of students will average a 2. Upon completion of the class, 75% of students will be able to identify, through an exit survey, 3 physical benefits gained from the practice of yoga. Students will create a yoga combination of beginning level poses. This can be done through verbal, written or physical demonstration. 75% of students will complete the assignment satisfactorily.
Learning Outcomes	All
Number of Sections	4
Number of Instructors	4
Number of Students	85

Data Analysis

Data Shared With	Instructors of the same course (at CCSF)
Data Sharing Methods	Face-to-face meetings Email Website review and commentary
Data Summary	80% of students performed 3 beginning level poses at a satisfactory level There was an 80% success rate in students’ identification of the physical benefits of the postures covered, including correct alignments and posture. 80% of students completed the assignment satisfactorily.
Analysis Summary	Instructors will now use beginning level sun salutations to assess student progress. This SLO and assessment method will stay the same. Revise the language to better align with the course on record.
Next Steps Planned	Instructors will now use beginning level sun salutations to assess student progress. This SLO and assessment method will stay the same. Revise the language to better align with the course on record.
Learning Outcomes	All

Changes

Details	Instructors will now use beginning level sun salutations to assess student progress. This SLO and assessment method will stay the same. Revise the language to better align with the course on record.
Learning Outcomes	All

Tentative Future Plans

Term	Fall 2013
Activities	Assessment (measurement) of outcomes Analysis and discussion of assessment data and next steps
More Details	Students will be asked to perform three sample, beginning level poses or a beginning level sun salutation with correct alignment, breath awareness and potential modifications. On a scale of 1 to 3, 75% of students will average a 2. Upon completion of the class, 75% of students will be able to identify, through an exit survey, 3 physical benefits gained from the practice of yoga. Students will create a yoga combination of beginning level poses. This can be done through verbal, written or physical demonstration. 75% of students will complete the assignment satisfactorily.

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

Additional Highlights

We have completed our second full SLO cycle, and have closed the loop for the second semester in a row. We will continue to assess all of our courses offered and close the loop after each semester. This entire process has not only brought our department closer but has given us some great concrete data that we are using to improve our courses and teaching methodologies. The process is working for our department!

The implementation of Google forms for exit survey data collection –and soon to be implemented this Spring 2014 – skills assessment data collection is and will continue to be a tremendous tool for us. Not only does it make collection easy but also allows a clean and seamless transfer to Excel to run pivot table tabulations to allow for a clean collection, tabulation and presentation of data not only to be publicly posted but most importantly to be utilized by our instructors for stage 5 course loop closure. Best of all, it is free!

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