Upper Division Learning Objective 3

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 behavioral and psychological bases of movement and the changes that occur across the life span, within diverse populations, and under a variety of environmental conditions.

	Sample Outcomes	Sample Indicators
1	Describe the process by which motor skills are acquired or developed.	Learn a new skill and write an introspective report on the process by which the skill was acquired.
2	Describe how motor behavior changes during the learning process.	Observe/videotape learner(s) during the early stages of learning. Submit a written report describing how the organization of the movement changed over the learning period. Do a similar analysis for varying age groups and varying physical/mental conditions of the learner.
3	Describe the influence of such variables as attitude or motivational state on performance.	Submit a written analysis of the role of motivation and performance and show how motivation is influenced by age, culture, physical/mental condition, skill level, success/failure, etc.