Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Social Science	Reported By: A. Nichols
Date Submitted: 06-01-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related College Goal: provide core curriculum and transfer programs
Unit/Team Goal: Students will demonstrate an awareness of global and American historical, political and cultural issues.
Expected Outcome: Students will demonstrate an understanding of diversity among cultures.
Outcome Assessment: Students taking SOCI 1101 [Introduction to Sociology] will read “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” and respond to a critical thinking essay question embedded in an exam that will illustrate the dangers of cultural ethnocentrism and demonstrate their understanding of cultural relativism.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: 80% will achieve full credit on the question which will illustrate all concepts. Secondary Performance Target: 75% will be able to illustrate 2 of 3 concepts.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target: 65% received full credit on the questions which illustrated all the concepts concerning cultural relativity. Secondary Performance Target: 78% grasped the general idea of cultural relativity by illustrating 2 of 3 concepts.
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target not met. Secondary Performance Target not met. Re-evaluate performance assessment tools and methodologies before next assessment cycle.
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Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Social Science	Reported By: A. Nichols
Date Submitted: 06-01-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related College Goal: provide core curriculum and transfer programs
Unit/Team Goal: Students will be able to identify main concepts in American government.
Expected Outcome: Students will understand the concept of “separation of powers”
Outcome Assessment: The measure of this outcome will be determined by essays written in class. The political science faculty have developed a rubric which will be used to grade said essays.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: 70% of students will receive a grade of “C” or better on the essay. Secondary Performance Target: 50% will successfully identify the main power of a branch of government.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Location: Floyd C’ville N. Metro Marietta Carrollton Overall Primary Performance Target: 68% 67% 36% 66% 71% 62% (weighted) Secondary Performance Target: 68% 67% 36% 66% 71% 62% (weighted)
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target not met. Secondary Performance Target not met. Re-evaluate assessment procedures and devices before next assessment cycle. Choose a more directly quantifiable primary and secondary target.
Date: Follow-up on Recommended Actions:

Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Social Science	Reported By: A. Nichols
Date Submitted: 06-01-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related College Goal: provide core curriculum and transfer programs
Unit/Team Goal: Students will understand the components and relationships of the criminal justice system and the cross-influences of American society.
Expected Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the United States Constitution in relation to specific amendments related to the profession of Criminal Justice.
Outcome Assessment: After careful review, five constitutional law questions have been selected to administer to students taking Introduction to Criminal Justice, Fall 2005. There will be five multiple-choice questions delivered as a pre-test and post-test.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: 80% of the students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the United States Constitution by making a grade of 80 or higher on a multiple-choice post-test test concerning specific amendments applicable to the profession of Criminal Justice. Secondary Performance Target: None designated.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Primary Performance Target: Pre-test: Total of 16 students tested. 24% Post-test: Total of 13 students tested. 56% Secondary Performance Target: NA
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target not met. Re-evaluate assessment tools and methodologies before next assessment cycle. Choose a measurable secondary target for next assessment cycle.
Date: Follow-up on Recommended Actions:

Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Social Science	Reported By: L. Musselwhite/ A. Nichols
Date Submitted: June 1, 2006	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related College Goal: Provide core curriculum and transfer programs.
Unit/Team Goal: Students will demonstrate an awareness of global and American historical, political and cultural issues.
Expected Outcome: Students will demonstrate familiarity with the effect of major governmental systems of the world upon international political developments.
Outcome Assessment: Students in all Western Civilizations II courses will complete an essay analyzing The Fourteen Points, a primary source document related to World War I and World War II.
Performance Targets: Primary Target: 80% of students will be able to examine critically and define the main themes of The Fourteen Points. Secondary Target: 70% of students will be able to identify two potential impacts on world politics of the implementation of The Fourteen Points.
Recommended Actions: The assignment has been refined for further standardization so that all students will complete the writing assignment under the same circumstances. Additionally, one class session has been dedicated to analyzing primary source material.
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Georgia Highlands College Goal Assessment Report Form

Unit/Team: Social Science	Reported By: N. Hague / A. Nichols
Date Submitted: 06-01-06	Assessment Period: 2005-2006
Related College Goal: provide core curriculum and transfer programs.
Unit/Team Goal: Students will demonstrate knowledge of six major perspectives in psychology: behavioral, biological, cognitive, positive/humanistic, social, and psychodynamic.
Expected Outcome: Over the course of the semester, students will demonstrate an increase in knowledge of six major perspectives in psychology: behavioral, biological, cognitive, positive/humanistic, social, and psychodynamic.
Outcome Assessment: Students will demonstrate an increased knowledge of major perspectives in psychology as measured by improvements on pre- and post-test items.
Performance Targets: Primary Performance Target: The number of items answered correctly on the post-test will be 15% higher than the number of items answered correctly on the pre-test.  Secondary Performance Target: Results will be aggregated by perspective and improvement of at least 15% will be noted on questions pertaining to each of the following perspectives: behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic.
Summary of Data Collected (Performance Results): Location: Acworth C’Ville Marietta Rome Overall Primary Performance Target: 27% 24% 13% 24% 22% Secondary Performance Target (not aggregated by location): Behavioral 24% Humanistic 28% Psychodynamic 19%
Recommended Actions: Primary Performance Target met. No further action required. Secondary Performance Target met. No further action required.
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