SACSCOC Fifth Year Interim Report
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Assessment : 2011 - 2012 : Educational Programs :
Kinesiology BS
Kinesiology BS
3 Goals 3 Objectives 3 Indicators 3 Criteria 3 Findings 4 Actions
| GOAL: Communication Skills |
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Kinesiology BS students will communicate in oral and written forms their personal philosophy of a professional career in field of Kinesiology. |
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| A common embedded portion of KINE 1331 will require students to effectively communicate their personal philosophy of a career in the field of Kinesiology using both oral and written communications skills developed by the faculty. |
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Students must score at least 75 percent correct on the common faculty-developed rubric for the personal philosophy oral and written communication skills assignment. |
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96.5 percent of the students met the minimum 75 percent criterion on the personal philosophy oral and written communication skills assignment. A total of 144 students participated in the communication skills assignment and 139 students met the criterion established in the goal. Ninety-six is a high percentage. Perhaps the 75 percent criterion should be raised. |
Actions for Objective:
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After a review of the findings, the faculty determined that 3.5 percent (N=5) of the students failed to earn the minimum 75 percent of the criterion established in the goal. These findings indicate the students had mastered the communication skill requirements identified in the personal philosophy assignment. Although the goal was met at the target range, the faculty has determined the requirements specified in the assignment are rigorous and needs to be maintained as a viable component of the Kinesiology program. However, we will raise the 75 percent criterion to 80 percent. |
| GOAL: Technology Skills |
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| Students majoring in Kinesiology will be able to identify and describe appropriate web sites that provide useful and accurate information about the field of Kinesiology. |
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A common embedded portion of the Adapted Kinesiology Notebook assignment will be used to determine if students have the skills necessary to identify, analyze, and determine appropriate websites in the field of Adapted Kinesiology. |
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At least 80 percent of the students must identify and briefly describe at least ten web sites that provide accurate information about the field of Adapted Kinesiology and include this information in their Adaptive Kinesiology Notebook. |
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23.61 percent (N=51) of the students met the minimum 80 percent criterion in the Acceptable range of technology skills assessment in the Adapted Kinesiology Notebook. 67.12 percent (N=145) of the students met the minimum 80 percent criterion in the Target range of technology skills assessment in the Adapted Kinesiology Notebook. A total of 90.73 percent (N=196) met the minimum 80 percent criterion established in the goal when the Acceptable and Target indicators were combined. Since the percentage successful is so high, we will raise criterion to 85 percent for next year. |
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After a review of the findings, the faculty determined that 8.27 percent (N=20) of the students failed to earn the minimum 80 percent of the criterion established in the goal. These students were categorized in the Unacceptable range of the assessment. These findings indicate the majority of the students had mastered the ability to identify, analyze, and determine appropriate websites in the profession of Adapted Kinesiology. Although the goal was met at the target range, the faculty has determined the requirements specified in the assessment are rigorous and add value to the educational preparation of students entering the field of Kinesiology and therefore should be maintained. However, since the percentage successful was so high this past year, we will raise criterion to 85 percent who will meet the Acceptable or Target range for 2012-2013. |
| GOAL: Content Knowledge |
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Students will be able to effectively gain and apply knowledge of the twelve sub-disciplines of the profession of Kinesiology. |
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A common embedded portion of each KINE 1331 exam will require that student’s gain knowledge and apply the twelve sub-disciplines of the profession of Kinesiology. |
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Students must score at least of 75 percent correct on the KINE 1331 exam that assesses their knowledge and application of the twelve sub-discipline of the profession of Kinesiology. |
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65.3 percent of the students met the minimum 75 percent criterion on the embedded questions in Exam I that focused on content knowledge of the twelve sub-disciplines of the profession of Kinesiology. A total of 150 students took the exam and 98 met the criterion established in the goal. 78.4 percent of the students met the minimum 75 percent criterion on the embedded questions in the Final Exam that focused on content knowledge of the twelve sub-disciplines of the profession of Kinesiology. A total of 144 students took the exam and 113 met the criterion established in the goal. Seventy-eight percent is higher than the criterion; however, it is not much higher. We may want to retain the 75 percent criterion for next year. |
Actions for Objective:
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After a review of the findings, the faculty determined that 34.7 percent (N=52) of the students failed to earn the minimum 75 percent of the criterion established in the goal on Exam 1, and 21.6 percent (N=31) failed to earn the minimum 75 percent of the criterion established in the goal on Final Exam. The Exercise Science faculty has decided to add a class assignment specifically designed to improve the student’s knowledge of the twelve sub-disciplines of the profession of Kinesiology. For 2012-2013, we will keep the criterion at 75 percent with the intent to raise it to 80 percent the following year at least on one of the tests. |
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After a review of the findings, the faculty determined that 34.7 percent (N=52) of the students failed to earn the minimum 75 percent of the criterion established in the goal on Exam 1, and 21.6 percent (N=31) failed to earn the minimum 75 percent of the criterion established in the goal on Final Exam. The Exercise Science faculty has decided to add a class assignment specifically designed to improve the student’s knowledge of the twelve sub-disciplines of the profession of Kinesiology. Hopefully, the added assignment(s) will spur students to deeper learning and higher scores. |
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After reviewing all of the findings, it was clear that not all students are achieving the target outcomes in content knowledge. In an effort to address these problems the Kinesiology program faculty has concluded that some students require more opportunities to practice, demonstrate, and apply competencies in the area of content knowledge concepts. Therefore, Kinesiology 1331 course will have at least two faculty-developed exams/activities related to the 12 sub-disciplines of Kinesiology. The Kinesiology program faculty are pleased that student performance in the communication skill requirement improved over the previous academic year and realize that our goal is to stretch students to achieve even higher levels of knowledge.
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