Upper Division Learning Objective 7

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:

know how to apply kinesiological knowledge to enhance motor skill and fitness in a variety of populations and conditions.

	Sample Outcomes	Sample Indicators
1	Apply developmentally appropriate strategies for enhancing motor skill.	Using a single sport skill performed by a student, identify the developmental level of the performed skill. Write a developmentally appropriate sequence of activities to improve the skill from its current level to the mature pattern.
2	Use developmentally appropriate strategies for enhancing cardiovascular fitness.	Given a case study of a person with a low cardiovascular fitness level, develop a written program of exercise and nutritional guidance that will improve aerobic capacity.
3	Respond to case studies that require the integration of knowledge.	Using a case study that describes skill levels, fitness parameters, disabilities, and other intervening variables, analyze the case and produce a reflective essay and an action plan.