Upper Division Learning Objective 12

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.

All students completing the upper division Kinesiology degree program should:

understand the scientific method and other systematic ways of knowing relative to research and scholarship in human movement.

	Sample Outcomes	Sample Indicators
1	Understand a variety of research techniques used to investigate questions and problems related to human movement.	Complete subdisciplinary specific laboratory reports focusing on elements of the research process such as question, literature, methods, analysis, and conclusions.
2	Design a research project.	Complete a poster, multimedia, or written presentation on a specific research project proposal.
3	Demonstrate ability to approach a research question from both qualitative and quantitative ways of knowing.	In response to a research hypothesis, develop a research design that appropriately incorporates qualitative and quantitative elements to investigate the problem. Discuss the need for each approach in order to fully address this research question.