Archived Assessment Report
| Program | Political Science AA Degree |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 3. Incorporate more than one perspective (e.g. source, method, technique, and/or approach) | Are students able to apply the incorporation of more than one perspective throughout their college career and beyond? How can we better support this? |
| 5. Effective Communication | Students struggle to synthesize readings and clearly apply them in written communication formats to real-world situations. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Incorporate more than one perspective (e.g. source, method, technique, and/or approach) | Short essay (POLS 2110) and discussion post and replies (POLS 2150) | POLS 2110 and POLS 2150 | Students will perform better when the assigned material covers contrasting views or students are encouraged to help classmates consider alternate angles. Our threshold will be 80% and higher compared to any students that scored under 80% on questions assessing the ability to incorporate more than one perspective. |
| 5. Effective Communication | Short essay (POLS 2110) and short critique (POLS 2150) | POLS 2110 and POLS 2150 | Students who are encouraged to submit rough drafts before submission are able to organize their arguments more clearly. Our threshold will be 80% and higher compared to students who scored under 80% on effective communication. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
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| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
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| 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.