{"id":3650,"date":"2022-09-01T10:41:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2023-06-30T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:02:21","slug":"using-assessment-to-inform-decision-making-in-ay-2021-22-caps-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2022\/09\/01\/using-assessment-to-inform-decision-making-in-ay-2021-22-caps-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Assessment to Inform Decision-making in AY 2021-22 [CAPS] Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of AY 2021-22 [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,&nbsp;<strong>57% 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. Below are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-25-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-25\">Use of Assessment to Make Changes: AY 2021-22 UCORE [CAPS] Report Summary Results<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-25\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-25\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-25-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 plan to give options to choose their own form of output (paper, presentation, or other creative form) based on their project\"<\/li><li>\"I will likely change some of the small stakes assignments to include more literature reviews\"<\/li><li>\"Additional assignments requiring students to reflect and then write and orally communicate their understanding\"<\/li><li>\"I am planning to revise the written report\"<\/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>\"More in-class, small group activities as opposed to lectures\"<\/li><li>\"I will likely provide students with more incentives to prepare for a flipped-classroom setting\"<\/li><li>\"More in class time helping student write about research results\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Course resources<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"I will put more virtual materials\"<\/li><li>\"Update online resources and articles\"<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Course content<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><ul><li>\"I plan to include a lecture on how to write a research paper\"<\/li><li>\"Additional time discussing research methods and tools\"<\/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>\"I plan on introducing an attendance policy based on participation in in-class activities\"<\/li><li>\"I think in the first week of class, I might announce the availability of those supplemental writing courses and encourage students to enroll if they feel they would benefit\"<\/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>\u201cNot at this time\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cBased on this semester, changes won't be made\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-25 from cache -->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: The majority of undergraduate courses that had pivoted to distance delivery for AY 2020-21 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic returned to in-person instruction for AY 2021-22. Roughly 44% of fall 2021 and spring 2022 CAPS instructors indicated that there continued to be substantial impacts to student attendance\/engagement, course assignments, learning activities, and\/or instruction in the context 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\u00a0<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 2021-22 [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,&nbsp;57% of instructors indicated that they planned to make a change to their course based on assessment. Most commonly the changes were to assignments. 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