{"id":2264,"date":"2018-10-01T07:42:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T14:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2025-07-09T13:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:31:55","slug":"using-assessment-to-inform-decision-making-in-ay-2017-18-ucore-capstone-caps-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2018\/10\/01\/using-assessment-to-inform-decision-making-in-ay-2017-18-ucore-capstone-caps-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Assessment to Inform Decision-making in AY 2017-18 UCORE Capstone [CAPS] Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of AY 2017-18 [CAPS] Course Assessment reporting, instructors who indicated they had taught their [CAPS] course before were asked to report if they had made any changes to their courses based on assessments from previous semesters. Additionally, instructors indicating that they would be teaching their [CAPS] course again in the future were asked if they planned to make any changes based on assessments from this semester. Overall, <strong>68% of instructors indicated that they had made or planned to make a change to their course based on assessment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most commonly the changes were to assignments or instructional approach. Below are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-14-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-14\">Use of Assessment to Make Changes: AY 2017-18 UCORE [CAPS] Report Summary Results<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-14\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-14\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-14-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Type<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Quotations - Selected Sample<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Assignments<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"I changed how the final paper was completed with drafts submitted throughout the semester with the opportunity for editing before the final version was submitted.\"<\/li><li>\"The final project became multi-modal (before students had a choice to either write a traditional paper or create a multi-modal project). Students had to prepare a component that engaged with the campus community.\"<\/li><li>\"Restructured weekly Module Assignments to be more client focused.\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Teaching or instruction<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"I introduced the group project earlier in the semester and provided more guidance for the project\"<\/li><li>\"Provided increased feedback throughout the semester\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Course content<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"I updated the readings for the students (new articles) and I freshened my lecture notes with more current readings\"<\/li><li>\"In response to student feedback, I put more emphasis on developing and justifying skills that are applicable in a variety of work settings\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Course resources<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"Replacement of one book\"<\/li><li>\"I will use a different set of films\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Exams<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"Plan to add a few more small assignments and have fewer exams\"<\/li><li>\"Design and preparation of the students for essay questions on exams\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Other<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"I will ask mentors to get more involved with the teams\"<\/li><li>\"Included self and team evaluations\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-14 from cache -->\n\n\n\n<p>Assessment results inform continual reflection and discussion of teaching and learning; they contribute to decision making to ensure effective teaching and learning. Decisions can include choosing to make changes, continue current effective practices, or build on strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information about how student learning evidence contributes to decision making intended to support student learning and quality educational programs, including general education, see <a href=\"\/assessment\/use-of-evidence\/\">Use of Student Learning Evidence<\/a>. See Key Assessments for additional information about&nbsp;<a href=\"\/assessment\/key-assessments\/caps\/\">UCORE Capstone [CAPS] Course Assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of AY 2017-18 [CAPS] Course Assessment reporting, instructors who indicated they had taught their [CAPS] course before were asked to report if they had made any changes to their courses based on assessments from previous semesters. Additionally, instructors indicating that they would be teaching their [CAPS] course again in the future were asked if they planned to make any changes based on assessments from this semester. Overall, 68% of instructors indicated that they had made or planned to make a change to their course based on assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4695,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[559,430,563],"tags":[589,596],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3507,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264\/revisions\/3507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2264"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}