Archived Assessment Report
| Program | NTSC Science Gen Ed |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 2a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | Do students comprehend the various ways they can practice sustainability in their everyday lives? |
| 2b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | Students will demonstrate understanding of environmental politics. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | Quiz question | NTSC 2110 | 70% or greater get it correct. |
| 2b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | Quiz Question | NTSC 2110 | 70% or higher on question. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | 80% of students got this correct. | The results support the delivery method chosen for this outcome. | This shows us that the majority of students understand this outcome. |
| 2b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | 100% of the students met this outcome. | This shows that the delivery method used is helping students learn this outcome. | This shows us that they fully understand this concept. |
| 2a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | We will assess these outcomes in all NTSC 2110 courses this fall, including Online College and the Spanish version of the course. |
| Type of Change |
|
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No. |
| What data motivated the change? | 100% of students met this outcome in the traditional class. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | More data. |
| 2b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | We will assess these outcomes in all NTSC 2110 courses this fall, including Online College and the Spanish version of the course. |
| Type of Change |
|
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No. |
| What data motivated the change? | 100% of students met this outcome in the traditional class. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | More data. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
|---|---|---|
| 2a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | Quiz questions | NTSC 2110 |
| 2b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | Quiz questions | NTSC 2110 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2a. Personal and Social Responsibility: Sustainability and the natural and human worlds | Students still are meeting this outcome. | None, do the same. | |
| 2b. Personal and Social Responsibility: Civic discourse, civic knowledge and engagement – local and global | Every student met this outcome. | None. |
Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.
No.
Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?
No.
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
I learned that my students meet this outcome easily.
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.
I learned that the embedded assessment in Brightspace does not work for our department and we are going to go back to the old way of assessing and inputting the results manually as it will be more meaningful for us.