Spring 2013 Course SLO Review

LALS 1 - Latino/a Diaspora: the Impact of Latinos Living in the United States - Stage 4 - Marco Mojica

Assessment

Assessment Methods	Pre & post surveys or tests
Assessment Description	Students were given a five-question, multiple choice assessment that addressed the SLO to be evaluated: Examine the various motives and contributing factors (eg. Law, social networks, U.S. foreign policy) to the immigration of Latin Americans to the U.S. and how these factors impact their choice of destination. Here are two examples of the questions used: What Explains the migration of Salvadorians to the United States in the 1980? a. The American Dream b. Family Reunification c. civil war d. looking for jobs Why is the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 important? a. It eliminated the system of per-country quota b. It created a quota system based on country of origin c. It gave preference to Europeans over Non-Europeans d. It created a system of limiting the number of U.S. visas
Learning Outcomes	Examine the various motives and contributing factors (eg. Law, social networks, U.S. foreign policy) to the immigration of Latin Americans to the U.S. and how these factors impact their choice of destination.
Number of Sections	7
Number of Instructors	2
Number of Students	223

Data Analysis

Data Shared With	Instructors of the same course (at CCSF) Faculty and staff within our department
Data Sharing Methods	Face-to-face meetings Email
Data Summary	The majority of students who took the pre-survey and the post-survey improved their overall answers from 38% to 60%. The average score for the pre-survey were 2 out of 5 while in the post survey 3 out of 5.
Analysis Summary	The expectations for a successful student learning outcome was students answering 4out 5 five questions (80%) correctly . However, the highest average only reached 60% or 3 out of 5. Therefore, the SLO was not successfully achieved.
Next Steps Planned	We will work on improving class lectures and readings.
Learning Outcomes	Refer to previous answers

Changes

Details	We began working on updating and streamlining course outline, updating class lectures, and developed new SLO assessments.
Learning Outcomes	All

Tentative Future Plans

Term	Fall 2013
Activities	Revision of outcomes and assessment methods (measurements) Assessment (measurement) of outcomes Analysis and discussion of assessment data and next steps Implementation of planned changes and reassessment
More Details	No answer

SLO Details Storage Location

ELECTRONIC COPY - In my electronic filing system (hard drive or web server)

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