{"id":2972,"date":"2021-08-18T09:01:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T16:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2025-07-09T13:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T20:09:53","slug":"student-learning-at-the-senior-level-ay-2020-21-caps-course-assessment-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2021\/08\/18\/student-learning-at-the-senior-level-ay-2020-21-caps-course-assessment-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Learning at the Senior Level: AY 2020-21 [CAPS] Course Assessment Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As reported in the <a href=\"\/assessment\/documents\/2021\/08\/2020-21-caps-results-summary.pdf\">AY 2020-21 [CAPS] Course Assessment Reporting Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF)<\/a>, assessment results indicated that <strong>82% of students met or exceeded expectations at the graduating undergraduate level for <em>Information Literacy<\/em><\/strong>. Additionally, <strong>83% of students met or exceeded expectations for <em>Integrative Learning<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp;In courses where faculty members found enough elements to evaluate student learning on additional learning goals, instructors indicated that&nbsp;<strong>82% of the students met or exceeded expectations for <\/strong><em><strong>Scientific Literacy<\/strong><\/em>, and <strong>81% for <em>Quantitative Reasoning<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In place since 2015, [CAPS] Assessment Reporting for UCORE is intended to gauge student learning on <a href=\"\/assessment\/learning-goals\/\">WSU\u2019s Undergraduate Learning Goals<\/a> at the near-graduation level. For AY 2020-21, the CAPS report form focused on Information Literacy, Integrative Learning, Quantitative Reasoning (optional), and Scientific Literacy (optional). <em>Note: For fall 2020 and spring 2021, undergraduate courses at WSU were delivered at a distance and completed remotely, with extremely limited exceptions for in-person instruction, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While roughly 73% of fall 2020 and spring 2021 CAPS instructors indicated that there were substantial impacts to course assignments, learning activities, instruction, and\/or grading in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly 81% of instructors indicated that they had confidence in their ability to assess student achievement of these WSU Learning Goals.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 167 reports were submitted by 138 instructors, representing 84% of CAPS courses and 84% of students enrolled in CAPS courses in fall 2020 and spring 2021. In 65% of reports, instructors indicated that their students were primarily (&gt;90%) seniors. Instructors indicated that their students were primarily (&gt;90%) majors in 67% of reports. Approximately 83% of students enrolled in all CAPS courses in fall 2020 and spring 2021 were seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 167 reports were submitted by 138 instructors, representing 84% of CAPS courses and 84% of students enrolled in CAPS courses in fall 2020 and spring 2021. In 65% of reports, instructors indicated that their students were primarily (&gt;90%) seniors. Instructors indicated that their students were primarily (&gt;90%) majors in 67% of reports. Approximately 83% of students enrolled in all CAPS courses in fall 2020 and spring 2021 were seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learning Goals Demonstrated in [CAPS] Courses. <\/strong>Established as part of WSU\u2019s general education curriculum (UCORE) beginning in 2012, Integrative Capstone [CAPS] courses bring opportunities for integration, application, and closure to the undergraduate experience. All [CAPS] courses require students to demonstrate at least four of the seven university learning goals: Critical &amp; Creative Thinking, Information Literacy, Depth, Breadth, &amp; Integration of Learning, and Communication. In addition, Quantitative Reasoning, Scientific Literacy, and\/or Diversity may be included as appropriate to the discipline or course. In AY 2020-21, 50% of reports indicated that the course syllabus required students to demonstrate Scientific Literacy and 43% required students to demonstrate Quantitative Reasoning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information, see&nbsp;<a href=\"\/assessment\/key-assessments\/caps\/\">[CAPS] Assessment for UCORE<\/a>&nbsp;or contact the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ace.wsu.edu\/about-us\/ace-staff\/\">Office of Assessment for Curricular Effectiveness<\/a> (formerly the Office of Assessment of Teaching and Learning).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported in the AY 2020-21 [CAPS] Course Assessment Reporting Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE, assessment results indicated that 82% of students met or exceeded expectations at the graduating undergraduate level for Information Literacy. Additionally, 83% of students met or exceeded expectations for Integrative Learning. In courses where faculty members found enough elements to evaluate student learning on additional learning goals, instructors indicated that 82% of the students met or exceeded expectations for Scientific Literacy, and 81% for Quantitative Reasoning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4695,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[559,429,580,578,565,577],"tags":[583,597],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972"}],"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=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4214,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions\/4214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}