Spring 2013 Course SLO Review

HIT 50B - Medical Terminology II - Stage 3 - Margaret Guichard

Assessment Methods	Analysis of exam, quiz, or homework items linked to specific SLOs Direct observation of performances, practical exams, group work Pre & post surveys or tests
Assessment Description	1. Analysis of data from progressively difficult online exercises in the endocrine unit of the course to determine listening and reading comprehension. 2. Observation of performance of the lowest-performing 12% of students in a class designed to improve listening and reading comprehension. 3. Analysis of a survey given to the lowest performing 12% of the class (excluding students who had not shown up for at least 3 previous classes). 4. analysis of final course grades to determine overall class performance.
Learning Outcomes	1. Listening comprehension 2. spelling 3. reading 4. overall performance
Number of Sections	1
Number of Instructors	1
Number of Students	50

Details	New activities: Online exercises: 1. spelling 2. multiple choice 3. fill in the blank (short answer) New assessments: 1. grades from the new activities, as above 2. student survey in the comprehension class.
Learning Outcomes	1.Listening comprehension, 2. spelling, 3. reading comprehension

Term	Fall 2013
Activities	Assessment (measurement) of outcomes Implementation of planned changes and reassessment
More Details	1. The progressively difficult series of online exercises for the endocrine unit of the course was designed to capture the lowest performing 20% of the students. Every student who earned a grade of 74 or less on any of the online exercises was required to attend an in-person class focused on listening and reading comprehension. The exercises and grading system captured 12%, not the 20 percent aimed for. For the fall 2013 semester I will modify the exercises and grading to capture more of the target students. 2. Survey answers by the lowest performing 12% indicate the area of most difficulty for them is pronunciation of the medical terms, followed by memorization. My plan is to develop more pronunciation exercises and opportunities for the students . 3. I plan to again survey the lowest performing students to determine the areas that are most challenging for them. 4. 85.7 percent of the class earned a final grade of 85% or above. This is short of the target 90% of the class earning 85% or above. Addressing the learning needs of the lowest performing students will increase the success rate of the class overall. (These numbers exclude those students who had more than 3 unexcused absences during the semester)