Archived Assessment Report
| Program | CSCI Flex Gen Ed |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 3a. Quantitative Reasoning: Communication/Representation of Quantitative Information | Can students communicate and present quantitative information? |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3a. Quantitative Reasoning: Communication/Representation of Quantitative Information | Brightspace Quiz (Final Exam) | CSCI 1108 Intro to Computer Modeling | 70% of students score 70% or higher. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3a. Quantitative Reasoning: Communication/Representation of Quantitative Information | 92% of students scored 70% or higher on the CSCI 1108 Final Exam. The average grade was an 86% and the median was 92%. Zeros and incompletes were not included. | Yes, assessment questions were written to assess student ability to communicate about quantitative information. | Results show that students are understanding the material to the desired degree. |
| 3a. Quantitative Reasoning: Communication/Representation of Quantitative Information | |
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| Describe the change that was implemented. | The department is currently exceeding its goal. No changes are planned at this time. |
| Type of Change |
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| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No, it will not. |
| What data motivated the change? | Final exam averages were in the A to B range, quite high, with few low outliers. Average: 86. Median: 92. 92% of students scored 70% or above. This could be due to high course attrition weeding out students prior to the final exam. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | No changes are planned at this time. This course attracts a broad swath of students, many of whom might not otherwise take a computer science course and may not take one again. We want this course to both teach quantitative reasoning and communication skills, as well as a attract students who were not previously considering computer science. High attrition rates are expected in introductory courses that are highly technical such as this one. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
|---|---|---|
| 3a. Quantitative Reasoning: Communication/Representation of Quantitative Information | Final exam | CSCI 1108 Intro to Computer Modeling |
| 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.
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