GENERAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT 2013-14
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GENERAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT 2013-14
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Planning the assessment (2012-13):
During the school year 2012-2013, the GE assessment was planned during multiple meetings: all-faculty-invited GE events, Teaching and Learning Committee meetings, and many GE committee meetings.
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Research question:
How will students do on a course-embedded assessment that measures GE SLO 1 (writing/reading), GE SLO 3 (critical thinking), and GE SLO 4 (ethics) relative to number of GE units taken? Do experienced LMC students perform better than newcomers? In what ways do students’ abilities develop over many courses?
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Collecting student work to assess (Fall 2013):
We collected over 300 student papers from GE courses in journalism, biology, philosophy, and political science.
Each student handed in a 2-page paper based on a short article about an ethical issue.
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Crafting the sample: Using the student ID numbers of all the students who
did the assessment, the district research office made us a weighted random sample of 90 students with varying numbers of GE units successfully completed: 30 students with a low number of GE units (0-9) 30 students with a medium number of GE units (12-
18) 30 students with a high number of GE units (21+)
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GE paper-scoring flex (January 2014):
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GE paper-scoring flex (January 2014): 12 LMC faculty met and scored the 90 papers.
Faculty were from biology, physical sciences, art & humanities, political science, journalism, English, math, plus one dean.
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GE paper-scoring flex (January 2014): 12 LMC faculty met and scored the 90 papers.
Faculty were from biology, physical sciences, art & humanities, political science, journalism, English, math, plus one dean.
Norming: we examined sample student papers together.
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GE paper-scoring flex (January 2014): 12 LMC faculty met and scored the 90 papers. Faculty
were from biology, physical sciences, art & humanities, political science, journalism, English, math, plus one dean.
Norming: we examined sample student papers together.
Using a rubric, each student paper was scored as high proficient (HP), proficient (P), or not proficient (NP) in ethical thinking, critical thinking, writing, and reading. Proficient = meets our expectations for a student at
or near completion of the AA/AS degree. Two faculty had to agree on each score for each
student, so most papers were scored by three readers.
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Results for ethical thinking:
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Results for ethical thinking (with HP shown):
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Results for critical thinking:
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Results for critical thinking (with HP shown):
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Results for writing:
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Results for writing (with HP shown):
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Results for reading:
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Major finding: GE works! (or appears to)
The data strongly suggest that as students pass more GE courses, their proficiency in ethical thinking, critical thinking, and writing increases.
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However…
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However…
At the at the 12-18 unit range, which is the GE requirement for a non-transfer associates degree (12 units GE + English and math), less than 50% of students are proficient in ethical and critical thinking, and only 63% are proficient in writing.
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However…
At the at the 12-18 unit range, which is the GE requirement for a non-transfer associates degree (12 units GE + English and math), less than 50% of students are proficient in ethical and critical thinking, and only 63% are proficient in writing.
Are we satisfied with this result?
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Do non-GE courses have the same effect? Student performance and non-GE course completion: critical thinking
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Do non-GE courses have the same effect? Student performance and non-GE course completion: ethical thinking
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Do non-GE courses have the same effect? Student performance and non-GE course completion: writing
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Results for ethical thinking:GE Unit Range
0-9 12-18 21+ Total
NP 21 16 14 51
80.8 53.3 41.2 56.7
P /HP 5 14 20 39 19.2 46.7 58.8 43.3
Total 26 30 34 90100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Results for critical thinking:GE Unit Range
0-9 12-18 21+ Total
NP 16 16 10 42
61.5 53.3 29.4 46.7
P /HP 10 14 24 48 38.5 46.7 70.6 53.3
Total 26 30 34 90100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Results for writing:GE Unit Range
0-9 12-18 21+ Total
NP 13 11 6 30
50.0 36.7 17.6 33.3
P /HP 13 19 28 60 50.0 63.3 82.4 66.7
Total 26 30 34 90100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0