Measuring Student Learning Outcomes SLOs in your courses by Lora Lane

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Measuring Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) in
your courses by Lora Lane
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Accreditation requires reporting of how well
students meet SLOs.
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You must assess your students and collect, report
and analyze the data.
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An assessment cycle of all course outcomes must
be completed by 2012.
1 Plan Assessment
2 Assess
3 Review and Make Changes
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You have limited classroom time and numerous
other faculty obligations!
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Just review, refine, and document what you
already do in your class.
Los Angeles Community College District Grade
Collection Form
EXAM 1
Assignment 1
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Get ready to assess
1 Plan Assessment
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The assessment process depends on measurable SLOs
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It must say what the student will be able to do,
not the class goals

• To provide all students with the opportunity to
  become reliable citizens through their athletic
  experiences.
• The students will have a cursory knowledge of the
  central core of the theater, plays, and
  playwrights, thus arousing an investigative
  curiosity.
• The student will learn to work with a supervisor
  and other students.

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Start your SLOs with action words from Blooms
Taxonomy Domains.
Design
Solve
Identify
Demonstrate
Explain
Create
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Are these are easily measurable?

• Understand the evolution of the universe, the
  Earth, and life on earth.
• Attain further proficiency in methods of
  mathematical analysis.
• Compare the influence of the English novel upon
  the American novel.
• Read significant literature written from early
  beginnings to the Renaissance.
• Explain the basic functioning of our economy and
  thus find it easier to evaluate economic policies
  and legislation.

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Choose an Assessment Method.
EXAM 1
Assignment 1
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The action word must match the type of assessment
you use.
Describe ? Multiple Choice Describe, Discuss,
Summarize Short answer Identify, Match, Define
Multiple Choice Design, Construct, Develop
Product
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Assessment is not limited to multiple choice exams
Oral Presentation
Report or Essay
Product
Performance
Group Project
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All instructors for all sections must use the
same assessment tool
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Describe the assessment in the Assessment Form.
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Assessment forms with SLOs for each class are on
the campus web site
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Click the link for your class to download the
document to Word
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Type in the third column of the table to describe
your assessment methods
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Determine the Criteria for Success - the desired
student performance level.
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Your experience is key - should 90 or 70 or
even 50 get Cs or better?
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If your students fall short, you will analyze why
and plan improvements
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Save the completed form to your PC and email it
to your division chair.
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Deliver the assessment and collect the results
2 Assess SLOS
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Give the assessment to students dont tell them
its special
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Use the assessment as part of yourgrading process
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Dont worry about whether the results make you
look good
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Present it to the students in a consistent way.
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You need a rubric to score written work, a
performance or a project
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The scoring must be quantitative (numeric), not
subjective
source http//teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans
/pdf/rubic.pdf
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Every student in every section must be scored
with the same rubric
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Its a good idea to provide the rubric tothe
students also
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Collect the data and use it for change.
3 Review and Make Changes
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Score the work and gather the data from all class
sections that semester
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All faculty members teaching the class should
participate in scoring
A
B
C
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Report results in the Assessment Form
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Set up a meeting to interpret the data
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Do a thorough examination of the results
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Request relevant research data
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Should the assessment method be modified?
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Are there changes needed in the class, the
division or the college?
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Use the information to improve for the next cycle
1 Design Assessment
2 Assess
3 Review and Make Changes
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Justify needs for class sections, faculty hiring
and vocational funding
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Try new things in your classroom
Lectures make me sleepy
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Describe what you need to do in the Assessment
Form and do it!