Report Feedback for 2011-2012 Report

Report Feedback for 2011-2012 Report

Below you will find our feedback for your 2011-2012 Report submission. Please consider our comments as you complete this year’s report. Below the comments, you will find a few resources, our website outlining the assessment process and the link for the APP site, for additional programmatic information. Contact our office at or 480-965-9790 with any questions.

Comments

Please indicate if PC 1.2 was met.

Report Overall Rating

Meets expectations

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2012-13Academic Program Assessment Report

Reports must be approved by the college and uploaded in STEPS no later than September 30, 2013.

College: / COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES / Academic Unit: / CGEOGRAPHY
Program: / LA_GR_CGEOGRAPHY_MAJ_Geographical Education_LAGEOEDMAS

Program Background

Please provide your program mission statement.

List the names and titles of those participating in the assessment planning, analysis and reporting activities for this program.

Please describe your program’s assessment process and specific assessment activities during the 2012-13 academic year. Please include who was involved and how they were engaged in assessment activities.

If no data were collected for this program during 2012-13, please use the space below to note the reason and describe the strategies in place to ensure that data collection will occur during 2013-14, and then continue to the last page of this report and provide any changes to your current assessment plan.

During the 2012-13 academic year, what changes have been made to the program, curriculum, and/or instruction? Why were these changes made? Please discuss how those changes were implemented and their intended impact on student learning.

Program Assessment Results

Outcome 1:Apply geographic knowledge to their classroom setting.
What do these results indicate about the extent to which students from this program possess the knowledge or skill reflected in Outcome 1? How do your results support this conclusion?Please use the space below to indicate whether or not each performance criterion was met and to describe components of the program you believe contributed to this result.
Outcome 1 met?
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Measure 1.1 / A lesson written for the GCU 672 course, Physical Geography for Teachers.
Performance Criteria 1.1 / At least 80% of the students will perform at above mastery, where mastery is reached by a quality of materials that is innovative & integrates geographic thought as measured by faculty analysis of the lesson. / Was the Performance Criteria Met?
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Number of Observations Included in Assessment (e.g. number of students, papers, projects) / Proportion of TargetPopulation Assessed
Data Collection Challenges or Issues [if applicable]
Measure 1.2 / A lesson written for the GCU 673 course, Human Geography for Teachers.
Performance Criteria 1.2 / At least 80% of the students will perform at above mastery, where mastery is reached by a quality of materials that is innovative & integrates geographic thought as measured by faculty analysis of the lesson. / Was the Performance Criteria Met?
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Number of Observations Included in Assessment (e.g. number of students, papers, projects) / Proportion of TargetPopulation Assessed
Data Collection Challenges or Issues [if applicable]

*Ideally,the eligible population includes only students enrolled in your program. In cases where vital courses have students from various programs,specify when the population may include non-majors. The measure may be targeting, graduating students, alumni, students in junior level or capstone courses. The measure should be specific and the proportion should be of that group.

Outcome 2:Will integrate a scholarly analysis of the geographic literature & classroom pedagogy.
What do these results indicate about the extent to which students from this program possess the knowledge or skill reflected in Outcome 2? How do your results support this conclusion?Please use the space below to indicate whether or not each performance criterion was met and to describe components of the program you believe contributed to this result.
Outcome 2 met?
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Measure 2.1 / The literature review for the capstone course SED 593.
Performance Criteria 2.1 / At least 80% of the students will perform at above mastery, where mastery is reached by a literature review thesis that contains material & writing suitable for publication in a geography education journal / Was the Performance Criteria Met?
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Number of Observations Included in Assessment (e.g. number of students, papers, projects) / Proportion of TargetPopulation Assessed
Data Collection Challenges or Issues [if applicable]
Measure 2.2 / The poster presentation for the capstone course SED 593.
Performance Criteria 2.2 / : At least 80% of the students will perform at above mastery, where mastery is reached by a poster presentation that is suitable for presentation at a professional conference of geography educators. / Was the Performance Criteria Met?
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Number of Observations Included in Assessment (e.g. number of students, papers, projects) / Proportion of TargetPopulation Assessed
Data Collection Challenges or Issues [if applicable]

Program Self-Assessment

Please summarize how the assessment results for the 2012-13 academic year will impact your academic programin the coming year. Considerwhat the assessment data indicate are programmatic strengths or weaknesses and areas of possible development.

Please summarize how the assessment results for the 2012-13 academic year will impact your assessment process for the coming year. Please consider revisions to your plan, sampling strategies, data collection, or any other areas.

Assessment Plan 2013-2014 Academic Year

To make assessment plan revisions for the 2013-14 academic year, please visit our website at: for detailed instructions. Our plan revision webpage has a link to which you will log-in and be able to review comments on your 2012-2013 plan and revise specific aspects of your program’s assessment plan. The log-in information is listed below. Some programs have been encouraged to revise aspects of their plan and our office has been working with each college’s assessment delegates to assist with this process; please work closely with your assessment delegate for further details regarding revising your assessment plan for the coming year. All modifications to the assessment plan for the 2013-2014 academic year must be submitted by September 30, 2013.