OCtech General Education Outcomes Assessed in General Education Courses Results (Three-Year Report) FY Start FY End Student Group

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1 GEN-1 OCtech General Education s Assessed in General Education Courses (Three-Year Report) COMPETENCY 1: Written Communications - Effectively create written communications. GEN-1.a Research Paper - Thesis 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 ENG % No Appropriate percentage of student did not successfully meet the objective. GEN-1.a Research Paper - Thesis 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 ENG % Yes 72.00% 90.00% 74.00% Appropriate % of students did not successfully meet the objective. GEN-1.a Research Paper - Thesis 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 ENG % Yes 58.00% 75.00% 60.00% Appropriate % of students were not successful. GEN-1.b GEN-1.b GEN-1.b Research Paper - Details, Wording, and Tone Research Paper - Details, Wording, and Tone Research Paper - Details, Wording, and Tone 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 ENG % No Appropriate percentage of student did not successfully meet the objective. 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 ENG % Yes 72.00% 96.00% 77.00% Faculty plan to increase achievement results. 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 ENG % Yes 65.00% 68.00% 64.00% Appropriate % of students were not successful. tutorial services and Smarthinking. Faculty also plan to adopt a new textbook which better addresses these concepts. on-campus and online tutorial services. Faculty will spend additional time in class reviewing proper thesis formation and discussion techniques. tutorial services and Smarthinking. Faculty also plan to adopt a new textbook which better addresses these concepts. Faculty will promote appropriate audience awareness by providing additional well-written examples to students. Faculty will provide additional wellwritten examples of essays and further discuss the importance of audience awareness.

2 GEN-1.c GEN-1.c GEN-1.c GEN-2 Research Paper - Basic Research Paper - Basic Research Paper - Basic 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 ENG % No Appropriate percentage of student did not successfully meet the objective. 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 ENG % Yes 72.00% 90.00% 78.00% Goal for the year met. make plans to increase results. 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 ENG % Yes 68.00% 57.00% 54.00% Appropriate % of students were not successful. COMPETENCY 2: Listening and Oral Expression - Listen for understanding and express views orally. tutorial services and Smarthinking. Faculty also plan to adopt a new textbook which better addresses these concepts. Faculty will provide periodic grammar review and promote the use of Smarthinking to increase results. Faculty will include periodic grammar reviews in instruction and promote the use of on-campus tutoring. GEN-2.a Persuasive Speech - Thesis GEN-2.a Persuasive Speech - Thesis GEN-2.a Persuasive Speech - Thesis 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 SPC % No Goal met for the year. 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 SPC % Yes % 94.00% While students were successful overall, faculty will promote additional learning in future. 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 SPC % Yes 78.00% % 79.00% Students were successful. Faculty will continue to promote further learning. success rates by encouraging use of Faculty will create additional opportunities for students to address speech development to better focus on thesis. Faculty will promote furthedr use of MySpeechLab as tutorials for thesis writing and speech development. GEN-2.b Persuasive Speech - Wording and Tone 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 SPC % No Goal met for the year. success rates by encouraging use of

3 GEN-2.b Persuasive Speech - Wording and Tone GEN-2.b Persuasive Speech - Wording and Tone 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 SPC % Yes 89.00% 81.00% While students were successful overall, faculty will promote further achievement. Faculty will provide additional video examples of speeches that meet the needs of specific audiences. 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 SPC % Yes 95.00% % 86.00% Students were successful. Faculty will promote use of oncampus Faculty will continue to and online tutoring options. encourage student learning. GEN-2.c Persuasive Speech - GEN-2.c Persuasive Speech - 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 SPC % No Goal met for the year. 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 SPC % Yes % % Faculty will promote further learning in grammar and sentence structure. success rates by encouraging use of Faculty will adjust grading practices to assess for "excellent" grammar control instead of "adequate" control. GEN-2.c Persuasive Speech - GEN-3 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 SPC % Yes 95.00% % 91.00% Appropriate % of students were successful. COMPETENCY 3: Critical Thinking - Use a variety of critical thinking skills to evaluate and solve problems. Faculty will continue to support and promote on-campus tutoring and other services to increase student success. GEN-3.a Word Problems 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 MAT % No 70% of students were able to correctly answer word problems in embedded questions. No disaggregated data available. GEN-3.a Evaluate Functions 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 MAT % Yes 57.00% % 70.00% 76% of the students in MAT 110 were able to answer key questions. instruction time on word problems. In addition, faculty will promote oncampus instruction time in applied functions throughout the course.

4 GEN-3.a Computational Skills 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 MAT % Yes 65.00% 38.00% 51.5% of the students in MAT 110 were able to answer key questions. GEN-3.b Interpret Graphs 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 MAT % Yes 49.00% 30.00% 39.5% of students were able to interpret graphs. GEN-3.b Computational Skills 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 MAT % Yes 77.00% % 71.00% 82.6% of the students in MAT 120 were able to answer key questions. instruction time on computational skills throughout the course. In addition, faculty will promote oncampus instruction time on the interpretation of graphs. In addition, faculty will promote on-campus tutoring services. instruction time on computational skills throughout the course. In addition, faculty will promote oncampus GEN-3.c GEN-3.c GEN-4 Solve Problems Systematically Solve Problems Systematically 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 CHM % No 50% of students were able to solve problems systematically. 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 CHM % No 67% of the students in CHM 111 were able to answer key questions. instructional time on Chemistry problems throughou the course. Faculty will also promote study groups and on-campus tutoring services. instruction time on Chemistry problems throughout the course. In addition, faculty will promote oncampus COMPETENCY 4: Locating, Analyzing, and Synthesizing Information - Have research skills necessary to locate, analyze, and synthesize information.

5 GEN-4.a Research Paper - Sources GEN-4.a Research Paper - Sources GEN-4.a Research Paper - Sources 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 ENG % No Appropriate percentage of ENG 102 students did not meet desired outcome. 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 ENG % Yes 72.00% 85.00% 76.00% Appropriate % of students did not meet the objective. 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 ENG % Yes 60.00% 59.00% 56.00% Appropriate % of students did not successfully meet objective. Faculty will encourage students to make use of tutorial services, such as Smarthinking. Faculty will also adopt a new textbook which better covers these concepts. Faculty will spend more class time reviewing MLA documentation and will promote the use of on-campus and online tutoring. Faculty will promote the use of oncampus tutoring, online tutoring, and online grammar practice sites. GEN-4.b Persuasive Speech - Support GEN-4.b Persuasive Speech - Support GEN-4.c Persuasive Speech - Support GEN-5 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 SPC % No Goal for the year met. 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 SPC % Yes 81.00% 88.00% Faculty will promote further learning of MLA documentation in future classes. student success rates by encouraging the use of Faculty will require the use of additional types of sources in future classes. 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 SPC % Yes 76.00% % 62.00% Students were successful. Faculty will continue to promote further learning through on-campus and online tutoring. COMPETENCY 5: Social Values - Understand contemporary social values.

6 GEN-5.a PowerPoint Presentation 7/1/2011 6/30/2012 HIS % No The goal of 80% of students created an acceptable presentation was not achieved. The data is low for the "general knowledge of differing culture" outcome. Faculty will cover more example during class lectures to assist the students with this objective. GEN-5.a PowerPoint Presentation 7/1/2012 6/30/2013 HIS % Yes 88.00% 69.00% Goal not achieved. Faculty will provide more examples of how differing cultures helped to develop American history during class lectures. GEN-5.a PowerPoint Presentation 7/1/2013 6/30/2014 HIS % Yes 64.00% 75.00% Student results did not meet expected goal. Faculty will provide more examples of how differing cultures helped to develop American history during class lectures.