GE Assessment

Strategies for implementing GE assessment; making it useful for departments and across departments.

GE Expected Learning Outcomes (updated June 2012) 

Historical Documents & Data

An organizational structure for assessment administration was created, and the reporting procedures for major programs articulated.

At the category level, faculty focus groups were planned as an indirect means of assessment to:

  • obtain faculty opinions about student learning with respect to the Second Writing Course GEC goals and objectives
  • gather category-specific information that could be used to improve the curriculum, its delivery, and the achievement of outcomes, and
  • facilitate faculty communication about assessment and expected outcomes.

A focus group of faculty who teach within the Natural Sciences category of the General Education Curriculum (GEC) was set up to:

  • obtain faculty instructor opinions about student learning with respect to the Natural Science GEC goals and objectives
  • gather category-specific information that could be used to improve the curriculum, its delivery, and the achievement of outcomes, and
  • facilitate faculty communication about assessment and expected outcomes.

The report summarizes how the General Education Curriculum (GEC) categories were functioning with respect to student learning of the GEC learning goals and Expected Learning Outcomes (ELOs). The report identifies common themes such as areas where goals were being addressed/not addressed, being met/not met, how student learning was being assessed (direct and/or indirect measures), and where findings had been used to feed back into course improvement.

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