Archived Assessment Report
| Program | MATH Mathematics Gen Ed |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Final Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 1a. Communication: Genre and Medium Awareness, Application, and Versatility | Can 75% of students identify a appropriate correlation score from a scatter plot or if a correlation should be used to summarize the data in a scatter plot. |
| 1b. Communication: Strategies for Understanding and Evaluating Messages | Can 75% of students identity various features communicated with a histogram or pie chart such as number of classes, number of individuals in a class, lowest/ highest frequency in a graph, or a cumulative frequency/percent |
| 1c. Communication: Evaluation and Production of Arguments | Can 75% of the students construct a conclusion to a one sample test of hypothesis using drop down menu items provided by an online homework platform |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a. Communication: Genre and Medium Awareness, Application, and Versatility | Final exam question | Math 1350 (may include 1350 P) | 75% of students score a 2 or higher |
| 1b. Communication: Strategies for Understanding and Evaluating Messages | This will be a final exam question | Math 1350 (including 1350 P) | 75% OF students score a 2 or highrt |
| 1c. Communication: Evaluation and Production of Arguments | This will be a final exam question | Math 1350 (or 1350 P) | 75% of students score a 2 or higher |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a. Communication: Genre and Medium Awareness, Application, and Versatility | The email containing the universal problems to be added to the Fall 2024 exam for assessment bounced back and was not delivered to instructors. Assessment coach was notified too late to make amends. We will therefore conduct only one round of assessment in the spring. | N/A | N/A |
| 1b. Communication: Strategies for Understanding and Evaluating Messages | The email containing the universal problems to be added to the Fall 2024 exam for assessment bounced back and was not delivered to instructors. Assessment coach was notified too late to make amends. We will therefore conduct only one round of assessment in the spring. | N/A | N/A |
| 1c. Communication: Evaluation and Production of Arguments | The email containing the universal problems to be added to the Fall 2024 exam for assessment bounced back and was not delivered to instructors. Assessment coach was notified too late to make amends. We will therefore conduct only one round of assessment in the spring. | N/A | N/A |
| 1a. Communication: Genre and Medium Awareness, Application, and Versatility | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | Given the error, we will plan to use the original questions intended on the Fall 2024 final exam as assessment questions in Spring 2025. |
| Type of Change |
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| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | N/A |
| What data motivated the change? | Error in delivery of questions, so no initial assessment was possible. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | We hope to gain some insight from at least one round of assessment. |
| 1b. Communication: Strategies for Understanding and Evaluating Messages | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | Given the error, we will plan to use the original questions intended on the Fall 2024 final exam as assessment questions in Spring 2025. |
| Type of Change |
|
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | N/A |
| What data motivated the change? | Error in delivery of questions, so no initial assessment was possible. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | We hope to gain some insight from at least one round of assessment. |
| 1c. Communication: Evaluation and Production of Arguments | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | Given the error, we will plan to use the original questions intended on the Fall 2024 final exam as assessment questions in Spring 2025. |
| Type of Change |
|
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | N/A |
| What data motivated the change? | Error in delivery of questions, so no initial assessment was possible. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | We hope to gain some insight from at least one round of assessment. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
|---|---|---|
| 1a. Communication: Genre and Medium Awareness, Application, and Versatility | Final Exam Spring 2025 | Math 1350 |
| 1b. Communication: Strategies for Understanding and Evaluating Messages | Final Exam Spring 2025 | Math 1350 |
| 1c. Communication: Evaluation and Production of Arguments | Final Exam Spring 2025 | Math 1350 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a. Communication: Genre and Medium Awareness, Application, and Versatility | We had at least eight sections participate in assessment in Spring 2025. For correctly identifying a correlation based on a scatter plot, 70% of our students demonstrated success. Out of the 30% who did not succeed, 8% still demonstrated a reasonable understanding of the topic. | Explore project based assessment rather than a multiple-choice assessment. | |
| 1b. Communication: Strategies for Understanding and Evaluating Messages | We had eight sections participate in assessment for Spring 2025. The data showed 87% of our students were successful in answering questions concerning the creation of a histogram graph displaying relative frequency. | We would like to explore using a project based assessment question for this topic/learning outcome. | |
| 1c. Communication: Evaluation and Production of Arguments | We had eight sections complete the assessment. The data showed 82% of students mastered this topic. While this is a great number demonstrating competency, more struggled with getting a perfect score (only 57%). | We would like to explore using a project based assessment question for this topic/learning outcome. |
Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.
This was our first year of assessment no this skill, so changes could be observed
Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?
There are limitations to using our online homework platform for assessment, so to assess this skill in the future, we would like to move to a project to base our assessment on.
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
The theme of practicing community did not directly apply to this class, so we considered the best way to interpret this theme within our content. We chose to emphasize how students interpret and present data for others—specifically, how they communicate statistical information clearly and effectively. Through this process, we found that students excelled in reading and creating graphs, though they would benefit from additional guidance in using and interpreting statistical terminology accurately.
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.
there were no external factors to effect assessment