{"id":2975,"date":"2021-08-24T09:05:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/?p=2975"},"modified":"2023-06-30T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:01:59","slug":"using-assessment-to-inform-decision-making-in-ay-2020-21-ucore-capstone-caps-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2021\/08\/24\/using-assessment-to-inform-decision-making-in-ay-2020-21-ucore-capstone-caps-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Assessment to Inform Decision-making in AY 2020-21 UCORE Capstone [CAPS] Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of AY 2020-21 [CAPS] Assessment Reporting for UCORE, instructors were asked if they planned to make any changes in future semesters based on assessments from the current semester. Overall, <strong>51% of instructors indicated that they 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 course content. Below are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-18-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-18\">Use of Assessment to Make Changes: AY 2020-21 UCORE [CAPS] Report Summary Results<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-18\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-18\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-18-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 am planning on going back to assigning a research paper rather than an oral presentation as the final project\"<\/li><li>\"I plan to add an annotated bibliography for the final essay\"<\/li><li>\"I plan to improve the assignment instructions for students\"<\/li><li>\"I am switching from one long research paper to two smaller reports\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Course content<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"I am going to increase the focus on quantitative decision-making\"<\/li><li>\"I plan to include more integrative learning\"<\/li><li>\"More time with students identifying databases and other sources of secondary information\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Teaching or instruction<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"Provide more demo lectures\"<\/li><li>\"I'm going to work on more tutorial-based lessons\"<\/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>\"I am incorporating a new textbook\"<\/li><li>\"My course materials will be modified to alleviate student misconceptions\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Other changes<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"What comes to mind right away is ZOOM -- I will make more use of it, especially regarding office hours\"<\/li><li>\"Some changes to the rubric are needed to more clearly sort out students' abilities to meet the learning goals\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">No planned changes \/ Unsure<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"No changes planned at this time\"<\/li><li>\"I feel like it was such an odd semester that I'm not sure\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-18 from cache -->\n\n\n\n<p><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. 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 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\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 undergraduate education, see <a href=\"\/assessment\/use-of-evidence\/\">Use of Student Learning Evidence<\/a>. See Key Assessments for additional information about\u00a0<a href=\"\/assessment\/key-assessments\/caps\/\">[CAPS] Assessment for UCORE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of AY 2020-21 [CAPS] Assessment Reporting for UCORE, instructors were asked if they planned to make any changes in future semesters based on assessments from the current semester. 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