Spring 2013 Course SLO Review

ECON 25 - Women in the Economy - Stage 3 - Deborah Goldsmith

Assessment

Assessment Methods	Pre & post surveys or tests
Assessment Description	Multiple-choice pre test on January 23, 2013 and post test on March 13, 2013.
Learning Outcomes	I. List the main occupations of U.S. women overall and by race, and demonstrate the existence of occupational segregation by sex and race.
Number of Sections	1
Number of Instructors	1
Number of Students	15

Data Analysis

Data Shared With	Faculty and staff within our department
Data Sharing Methods	Email
Data Summary	Question #1: % correct increased from 73% to 80% (from 11 to 12 students). Question #2: % correct decreased from 60% to 53% (from 9 to 8 students).
Analysis Summary	At least 75% of students should be able to answer both questions correctly. This was achieved on Question #1 but not on Question #2. However, the small number of students present on the dates of both assessments (15 of 21 enrolled, or 71%) reduces the validity of this data.
Next Steps Planned	I plan to highlight one list of women’s top 10 occupations and increase class or small-group discussion of this topic. I also plan to explore more varied assessment methods. I also plan to rewrite this course outline by 2016.
Learning Outcomes	Refer to previous answers.

Changes

Details	I updated my lecture notes based on research conducted during my sabbatical, spring 2012. I revised reading assignments and related lecture notes to reflect a revised edition of one textbook and to incorporate other recent news sources regarding women’s economic activities.
Learning Outcomes	C. State the basic concepts, assumptions, and concerns of feminists and contrast different feminist policy approaches to women's economic inequality. D. Summarize major historical changes in the paid and unpaid productive activities of U.S. women from at least three different racial and ethnic groups, including the cult of domesticity, the family wage, consumerism, and changing forms of racism. P. Summarize and evaluate the effects of major methods of anti-discrimination governmental intervention in labor markets, including protective laws, equal employment opportunity laws, the Equal Pay Act, and affirmative action. Q. Describe the current poverty problem among women and children and its sources in the household and the labor market.

Details

I updated my lecture notes based on research conducted during my sabbatical, spring 2012. I revised reading assignments and related lecture notes to reflect a revised edition of one textbook and to incorporate other recent news sources regarding women’s economic activities.

Learning Outcomes

C. State the basic concepts, assumptions, and concerns of feminists and contrast different feminist policy approaches to women's economic inequality.

D. Summarize major historical changes in the paid and unpaid productive activities of U.S. women from at least three different racial and ethnic groups, including the cult of domesticity, the family wage, consumerism, and changing forms of racism.

P. Summarize and evaluate the effects of major methods of anti-discrimination governmental intervention in labor markets, including protective laws, equal employment opportunity laws, the Equal Pay Act, and affirmative action.

Q. Describe the current poverty problem among women and children and its sources in the household and the labor market.

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	I plan to develop and use some new methods of assessment besides pre and post test in this class.

SLO Details Storage Location

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

Additional Highlights

An in-class group discussion of the course SLOs highlighted students’ preliminary areas of interest.

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