ENGL 35D - Creative Writing: Poetry - Stage 5 - Xochiquetzal Candelaria

Assessment

Assessment Methods

Capstone projects or final summative assignments

Assessment DescriptionWe looked at 20 student poems from student final portfolio projects and used a rubric to assess if students were meeting one of the SLOs.
Learning Outcomes1. Write a poem with minimum of trite wording, with fairly effective figures of speech, and with some attention to the texture and rhythm of language.
Number of Sections1
Number of Instructors~4
Number of Students20

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
  • Phone
Data SummaryWe found that the SLO was impractical to measure. Out of the 20 student poems reviewed, it seemed that 60% were not using very much trite language, but were using fairly effective figures of speech with some attention to the texture and rhythm of language in their final poems.
Analysis Summary60% of students in the sample group met the SLO, but we found that more were likely to meet the SLO if the SLO were revised to reflect a single, measurable outcome.
Next Steps PlannedWe realized it was better to rewrite the SLOs so as to separate out the various goals and make sure that said goals were measurable. Moreover, this course was being offered simultaneously with English 35C and we found that the learning outcomes needed to reflect a progression from one level to the next.

We decided that the outline for this course needed to be revised extensively as a result of our assessment experience. All the SLOs were revised to focus on measurable outcomes. We also revised content, teaching methodology and literature for this course.
Learning OutcomesAll

Changes

DetailsThe course outline was revised as a result of our assessment.
Learning OutcomesAll

Tentative Future Plans

TermFall 2013
Activities

Analysis and discussion of assessment data and next steps

More DetailsNow that we have an course outline that we think focuses effectively on measurable learning outcomes for English 35D, we hope to begin creating an assessment that will help us measure one of the new Student Learning Outcomes.

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