that by the eighth week of the semester students were not performing/writing at the expected, desired level. It seems that, based on anecdotal information gathered in discussions with students after the midterm assessment, a number of factors contributed to their lack of achievement. Some of the factors reported by students were external, such as employment, financial difficulties, and child rearing. It is safe to conclude that these factors prohibited students from attending class regularly, which directly impacted their academic performance. In spite of this and based on the study findings, it is clear that AFE English instructors and Supplemental Instructors (SIs) need to come up with more effective pedagogical strategies in an effort to enhance their students performance preferably exceed 70% MPO achievability before the midterm exam. Assessment Results for Final Exam: By the Final Exam MPOs 1.1 thru 1.9 were achieved by the AFE students. However, this achievement might be accepted with hesitance the level of success was certainly by the narrowest of margin, especially when you factor in that AFE 083 is a developmental course. 71% of students were able to develop an appropriate introductory paragraph before the final exam, which is a small but considerable improvement from the midterm assessment (60%). 75% of students were able to develop an appropriate body paragraph utilizing MLA in-text citation before the final exam, which is a small but considerable improvement from the midterm assessment (63%). 71% of the students were able to develop an appropriate concluding paragraph before the final exam which is a small but considerable improvement from the midterm assessment (61%). Diagram 2 Summary As indicated in Diagrams 1 and 2, are based on the information gathered from the assessment, AFE 083 instructors in the CAF department need to spend more time developing their students’ writing skills before the midterm exam if 70% or more of the students are to be able to achieve the course MPOs by the eighth week of the semester. This will definitely improve the writing skills of the students within
that by the eighth week of the semester students were not performing/writing at the expected, desired level. It seems that, based on anecdotal information gathered in discussions with students after the midterm assessment, a number of factors contributed to their lack of achievement. Some of the factors reported by students were external, such as employment, financial difficulties, and child rearing. It is safe to conclude that these factors prohibited students from attending class regularly, which directly impacted their academic performance. In spite of this and based on the study findings, it is clear that AFE English instructors and Supplemental Instructors (SIs) need to come up with more effective pedagogical strategies in an effort to enhance their students performance preferably exceed 70% MPO achievability before the midterm exam. Assessment Results for Final Exam: By the Final Exam MPOs 1.1 thru 1.9 were achieved by the AFE students. However, this achievement might be accepted with hesitance the level of success was certainly by the narrowest of margin, especially when you factor in that AFE 083 is a developmental course. 71% of students were able to develop an appropriate introductory paragraph before the final exam, which is a small but considerable improvement from the midterm assessment (60%). 75% of students were able to develop an appropriate body paragraph utilizing MLA in-text citation before the final exam, which is a small but considerable improvement from the midterm assessment (63%). 71% of the students were able to develop an appropriate concluding paragraph before the final exam which is a small but considerable improvement from the midterm assessment (61%). Diagram 2 Summary As indicated in Diagrams 1 and 2, are based on the information gathered from the assessment, AFE 083 instructors in the CAF department need to spend more time developing their students’ writing skills before the midterm exam if 70% or more of the students are to be able to achieve the course MPOs by the eighth week of the semester. This will definitely improve the writing skills of the students within
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