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Assessment of General Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Assessment of General Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Report to the University Academic Planning Council April 20, 2006. UW-Madison’s General Education Requirements . Communication , 3 to 5/6 credits: Part A and Part B

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Assessment of General Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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  1. Assessment of General Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Report to the University Academic Planning Council April 20, 2006

  2. UW-Madison’s General Education Requirements • Communication, 3 to 5/6 credits: Part A and Part B • Quantitative Reasoning, 3 to 6 credits: Part A and Part B • Breadth, 13-15 credits, distributed over three areas Students are required to complete the following breadth requirements: • Natural Science, 4 to 6 credits, consisting of one 4- or 5-credit course with a laboratory component; or two courses providing a total of 6 credits. • Humanities/Literature/Arts, 6 credits • Social Studies, 3 credits • Ethnic Studies, 3 credits

  3. Why do we do assess General Education? • Goals: Are we achieving the goals for gen ed set out by faculty? • Quality: Are we doing the best we can for our students? • Resources: Are we making the best use of scarce resources? • Baseline data, articulation, awareness. • Accreditation: An increasingly important element in institutional accreditation.

  4. General Education Assessment Plan, 2003 NOTE: We are not assessing individual instructors or students, sometimes not even individual courses. This is program level assessment • Long-range planning. • Main goal is articulation and assessment of student learning and related outcomes. • Areas: Communication, Quantitative Reasoning, Breadth, ESR. • Developmental: Future work with ONSP, LEAP.

  5. Work to Date • Work of the Quantitative Assessment Program. • Comprehensive study of Comm B requirement: Professor Denise Solomon, finished 2001 with policy changes completed Spring, 2003. • QR-A: A First Look. A curricular analysis, 2001. • Information Literacy workbook project: Denise Solomon and Abbie Loomis, 2002.

  6. Work to Date, Continued • Student mini focus groups, 2004. • ESR: completed assessment loop as of fall 2005-06. • Comm B database, “redundancy”. • Chuck Halaby QR A Studies, 2005. • Chuck Halaby QR B Studies, in progress. • Faculty, Instructional Staff, and TA articulation of gen ed goals survey: currently in the field.

  7. Studies in Planning Stages • Structured interviews of Comm B TAs to learn more about their training and training needs (Brad Hughes). • Assessment study or studies of Comm A and Information Literacy (Comm A Course Directors and Abbie Loomis). • Course-taking patterns: transfer students, breadth in programs for which breadth is limited. • Study of students who took “Core Plus” math in high school. Visit the website: http://www.ls.wisc.edu/gened/Assessment/default.htm

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