Section III: Assessment of General Education & Degree Program Outcomes The Program Outcomes for the degrees are listed below. All program outcomes must be assessed at least once during the 5 year Program Review cycle, and assessment of program outcomes must occur each year. To which Year assessed Assessment Methods What were the assessment results? degree(s) is this or to be Used (Please provide brief summary data) General Education Outcomes program outcome assessed. related? All programs 2011-2012 none We are in the process of designing an assessment that will be delivered in all sections of MAT 2320 starting in spring 2013. MAT 2320 is usually one of the last courses that a Math major would take at Sinclair. It is the only math course in our Oral Communication program in which written arguments (mathematical proofs) are as important as performing calculations. Oral communication will be assessed at the end of course by having students present and defend a proof in front of the class. A rubric for assessing these presentations is currently in development. All programs 2011-2012 Departmentally The Math Department piloted this developed Written assessment in Winter 2012, refined it, then Communication piloted it again Spring 2012. A few more Assessment Tool, refinements were made before Fall 2012. given in sections of The number of students participating in Calculus I at the winter and spring was relatively small, but Written Communication beginning of the term sufficient to help us test and improve the and again at the end of instrument. One of the things assessed is the term. whether or not students complete their work on an application-based math problem by summarizing their findings in a complete sentence that "makes sense". In Winter 2012, we found that only 7 out
Section III: Assessment of General Education & Degree Program Outcomes The Program Outcomes for the degrees are listed below. All program outcomes must be assessed at least once during the 5 year Program Review cycle, and assessment of program outcomes must occur each year. General Education Outcomes To which degree(s) is this program outcome related? Year assessed or to be assessed. Assessment Methods Used What were the assessment results? (Please provide brief summary data) Oral Communication All programs 2011-2012 none We are in the process of designing an assessment that will be delivered in all sections of MAT 2320 starting in spring 2013. MAT 2320 is usually one of the last courses that a Math major would take at Sinclair. It is the only math course in our program in which written arguments (mathematical proofs) are as important as performing calculations. Oral communication will be assessed at the end of course by having students present and defend a proof in front of the class. A rubric for assessing these presentations is currently in development. Written Communication All programs 2011-2012 Departmentally developed Written Communication Assessment Tool, given in sections of Calculus I at the beginning of the term and again at the end of the term. The Math Department piloted this assessment in Winter 2012, refined it, then piloted it again Spring 2012. A few more refinements were made before Fall 2012. The number of students participating in winter and spring was relatively small, but sufficient to help us test and improve the instrument. One of the things assessed is whether or not students complete their work on an application-based math problem by summarizing their findings in a complete sentence that "makes sense". In Winter 2012, we found that only 7 out
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