Examples of Assessing Student Achievement of Learning Objectives in the Major.
Each campus intends to develop its own assessment plan. We expect that each campus will enumerate the learning opportunities it provides for students to achieve the learning objectives. Each campus will also identify outcome(s) that reflect student achievement in a particular learning objective. We expect both the opportunities and outcomes to vary from campus to campus reflecting the unique programmatic directions of each campus.
To assist campuses in the task of developing an assessment plan, we offer three examples for each of the core learning objectives. Each example includes: (1) statements of specific instructional learning outcomes that reflect a competency inherent in the learning objective and (2) the achieved results of the outcome (indicators) that can be submitted to document objective attainment.
As campuses develop assessment plans, additional examples may be added to provide guidance to others. It is not intended that any or all of these sample outcomes and indicators need to be demonstrated by any particular student. Each campus profile of outcomes and indicators will be unique, as will that of each student.
Students entering the upper division Kinesiology degree program should:
demonstrate critical thinking, writing, reading, oral communication, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and information management skills.
Requirements |
Outcomes | |
| Students must meet the university requirement for the Math placement test. | Verify satisfaction of the requirement through transcript or test scores. | |
| Students must meet the university requirement for the English placement test. | Verify satisfaction of the requirement through transcript or test scores. | |
| Students must take lower division course work identified by the department. | Verify satisfaction of the requirement by portfolio or transcripts. | |
Sample Outcomes |
Sample Indicators | |
| 1 | Communicate effectively in oral form. | Present a five minute oral presentation on a course topic that requires the students to conduct a quantitative or qualitative analysis and draw a conclusion. |
| 2 | Read critically a recent research article. | Select and read a recent professional research article and critique the conclusions drawn from the data. Advocate an alternative conclusion. |
| 3 | Use interviews to clarify career goals. | Identify and interview two successful individuals, qualitatively analyze their responses to questions, and write a paper describing the impact of the analysis results on your career path. |