Basics of Developing Curriculum

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Basics of Developing Curriculum

• Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College
• Greg Burchett, Riverside City College
• Chris Sullivan, San Diego Mesa College

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Participant Learning Outcomes

• After attending this session, participants
  should be able to
• Explain and employ various contemporary models of
  curriculum development
• Distinguish between objectives and outcomes
  as they appear in the COR

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More Participant Outcomes

• Develop curriculum at their campuses that is both
  theoretically sound and attentive to local
  population needs.

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What the X?! is an SLO?

• Knowledge
• Skills
• Abilities
• Attitudes
• that a student can demonstrate by the end of a
  course, program, certificate or degree

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SLOs The Big Picture

• Requires HIGHER LEVEL thinking skills
• Synthesizes many discreet skills
• Requires students to APPLY what theyve learned
• Results in a product
• Product must be evaluated or assessed by faculty

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Objective Nuts and Bolts

• Describes small, discreet skills
• Requires basic thinking skills
• Do not necessarily result in a product

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A comparison English 1A

• Objectives
• Develop a main idea
• Maintain a clear command of tone
• Show control of standard English grammar

• SLO
• Write essays, including research-based writing,
  demonstrating academic rhetorical strategies and
  documentation.

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Other Sample Outcomes

• Biology Apply concepts of chemistry to
  physiological systems
• Speech Deliver well-researched speeches to
  inform and persuade
• Dental Hygiene Demonstrate technique of
  soft-tissue curettage on clinic patients

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Clicker Quiz

• Answer the following questions.
• Push A if you think the statement is an SLO.
• Push B if you think its an objective

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SLO or Objective?

• (History course) Identify key dates in American
  History to 1865.
• A. SLO
• B. Objective

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SLO or Objective?

• (Engineering course) Functioning as a member of a
  team, the student will design and present a
  concrete structure which complies with
  engineering standards.
• A. SLO
• B. Objective

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SLO or Objective?

• (Epidemiology course) Define and assess an
  epidemic for a given population and recommend
  factors influencing the use of health services.
  
• A. SLO
• B. Objective

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SLO or Objective?

• (Sociology course) Understand that individuals
  (and their families) must be regarded uniquely as
  individuals with many contributing variables such
  as multicultural issues.
• A. SLO
• B. Objective

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SLO or Objective?

• (Math course) Given data students will analyze
  information and create a graph that is correctly
  titled and labeled, appropriately designed, and
  accurately emphasizes the most important data
  content.
• A. SLO
• B. Objective

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True or False?

• The colleges mission is peripheral to program or
  departmental missions in matters of curriculum
  development.
• A. True
• B. False

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True or False?

• The course outline of record MUST contain a
  reference to critical thinking.
• A. True
• B. False

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True or False?

• There is a standard definition of critical
  thinking in both the Ed. Code and Title V that
  can be applied to all courses and programs.
• A. True
• B. False

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True or False?

• Formative and summative assessments are mutually
  exclusive.
• A. True
• B. False

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Value/Valor

• What do we value in a course of study?
• How do we demonstrate this?
• When do we apply these values to learning in the
  classroom?

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Formative and Summative

• How do we evaluate student assignments?
• Formative assessment
• Student self-assessment
• Feedback (a la CAT)
• Summative assessment
• Unit tests
• Mid-terms
• Final

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Resistance is Futile The Taxa Are Here

• Bloom (1956)
• Wiggins and McTighe (1996)
• Fink (2003)

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The Promised Land (a.k.a Critical Thinking)

• Critical thinking skills are those diverse
  cognitive processes and associated attitudes
  critical to intelligent action in diverse
  situations and fields that can be improved by
  instruction or conscious effort.
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  Nancy Glock, 1987

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Thank You!

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• The presentations will be posted on the ASCCC
  website under the Curriculum Institute within 2
  weeks.