Archived Assessment Report
| Program | SOCI Social Behavioral Gen Ed |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
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| 3a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Intercultural reasoning and intercultural competence | Are 65% of our Gen Ed students able to demonstrate intercultural reasoning and intercultural competence? |
| 3b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | N/A |
| 3c. Personal and Social Responsibility: Ethical Reasoning | N/A |
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | N/A |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | Are 65% of our Gen Ed students able to demonstrate civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement - local and global. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|
| 3a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Intercultural reasoning and intercultural competence | Scenarios that allow students to write a response to the scenario, demonstrating their intercultural reasoning and intercultural competence | SOCI1110 | This is still being sorted out |
| 3b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3c. Personal and Social Responsibility: Ethical Reasoning | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | Scenarios asking students to respond to the scenario to demonstrate their competency in civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement | SOCI1110 | Still sorting this out |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|
| 3a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Intercultural reasoning and intercultural competence | Using a likert scale between 1-4, we considered (3) developing) and (4) proficient. 50% of our students | No, we did not hit 65%, but we are close | We have some improvements to make to increase our proficient and developing students |
| 3b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | NA | NA | NA |
| 3c. Personal and Social Responsibility: Ethical Reasoning | NA | NA | NA |
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | NA | NA | NA |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | NA | NA | NA |
| 3a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Intercultural reasoning and intercultural competence |
|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | We are changing the wording in our instructions to better align assignment outcomes with the goal. |
| Type of Change | - Grading Methodology Changes
- Assignment Revision
|
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | The tools. We are clarifying the instructions, rubric, and expectations. |
| What data motivated the change? | We did not meet our desired 65% proficiency |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | Students will have a more clear understanding of expectations. |
| 3b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds |
|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | NA |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | NA |
| What data motivated the change? | NA |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | NA |
| 3c. Personal and Social Responsibility: Ethical Reasoning |
|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | NA |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | NA |
| What data motivated the change? | NA |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | NA |
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems |
|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | NA |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | NA |
| What data motivated the change? | NA |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | NA |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global |
|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | NA |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | NA |
| What data motivated the change? | NA |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | NA |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
|---|
| 3a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Intercultural reasoning and intercultural competence | Same tool but with clarified directions | SOCI1110 |
| 3b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | NA | NA |
| 3c. Personal and Social Responsibility: Ethical Reasoning | NA | NA |
| 3d. Personal and Social Responsibility: Collaboration skills, teamwork and value systems | NA | NA |
| 3e. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | NA | NA |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Second
Round Results | Intepretation of Results,
Pre- and Post-Change | Follow up questions,
possible next steps |
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Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.
Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.