Archived Assessment Report
| Program | Native American Studies AA |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Final Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 2. Identify and critically consider the main issues, concepts, problems, and/or techniques pertinent to Native American Studies. | Are more than 80% of students able to identify and critically consider the main issues, concepts, problems, and/or techniques pertinent to Native American Studies. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Identify and critically consider the main issues, concepts, problems, and/or techniques pertinent to Native American Studies. | A rubric will be used to ascertain the percentage of students that demonstrate the ability to identify and critically consider the main issues, concepts, problems, and/or techniques pertinent to Native American Studies at the excellent, competent, and needs improvement levels. | NATV 1150 | The target is 80% of students having the ability to identify and critically consider the main issues, concepts, problems, and/or techniques pertinent to Native American Studies |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Identify and critically consider the main issues, concepts, problems, and/or techniques pertinent to Native American Studies. | 100% reported | Yes | These results show the need for more focused questions for Native Studies |
| 2. Identify and critically consider the main issues, concepts, problems, and/or techniques pertinent to Native American Studies. | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | Continued focus on our discipline. |
| Type of Change |
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| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | Ni |
| What data motivated the change? | All classes reported 80% or more of students showing competency. |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | Continued focus on our discipline. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
|---|---|---|
| 2. Identify and critically consider the main issues, concepts, problems, and/or techniques pertinent to Native American Studies. | Do 80% or more of the students demonstrate an understanding of Native American Studies as a standalone discipline? | All NATV 1150 courses |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Identify and critically consider the main issues, concepts, problems, and/or techniques pertinent to Native American Studies. | 80% or more of the students demonstrate an understanding of Native American Studies as a standalone discipline? |
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?
Just maintaining our current focus on Native American Studies as its own discipline.
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
Students demonstrated a critical understanding of Native American Studies as a standalone discipline and therefore a scholarly community.
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.
n/a