PHYC 2BC - Intro Phys - Calculus Supp - Stage 4 - Leilah McCarthy
Assessment
| Assessment Methods | Analysis of exam, quiz, or homework items linked to specific SLOs |
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| Assessment Description | Free response questions requiring the students to solve physics problems using integrals and derivatives were given on the midterm exam and final exam. |
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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 | 20 |
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Data Analysis
| Data Shared With | - Instructors of the same course (at CCSF)
- Faculty and staff within our department
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| Data Sharing Methods | Face-to-face meetings |
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| Data Summary | On the midterm exam, the average student scores for the two problems assessing SLO B were 32% and 42% respectively. On the final exam, the average student score for the problem assessing SLO B was 70%. On the final exam, the average student score for the problem assessing SLO A was 40%. |
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| Analysis Summary | Based on the results of the midterm exam grades, the students had not achieved SLO B. The students were offered extra credit to redo the problems. Most needed to attend office hours for help. Based on the strong improvement on SLO from the midterm to the final, the majority of students had achieved SLO B by the end of the semester. The assessment of SLO A on the final was similar to the assessment of SLO B at the midterm. However since the students did not have the opportunity to redo the problems or attend office hours after the final exam, there was no opportunity for improvement. (Course material related to SLO A was not covered until the end of the semester.) |
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| Next Steps Planned | Based on the SLO assessments, it is apparent that the students have a great difficulty learning the material in the current online format. It was only with in person help during office hours that the students were able to achieve SLO B. Possible modifications to the course include creating additional online resources (such as instructional videos) or possibly changing the course from online to hybrid so as to require some in person meetings. |
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| Learning Outcomes | ALL |
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Tentative Future Plans
| Term | Spring 2014 |
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| Activities | - Assessment (measurement) of outcomes
- Analysis and discussion of assessment data and next steps
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| More Details | Changes will be made to the course and outcomes will be assessed to see if there is improvement from the previous semester when the course was offered. (This course is only offered each Spring semester.) |
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SLO Details Storage Location
- 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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