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Student Learning Outcomes & Assessment Cycle (SLOAC)
SLO Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIGs)
There are many ways to improve student learning, but one that holds
particular promise is an inquiry-based approach, called a Faculty Inquiry
Group, or FIG, for short. On this site you will find the FIG
models that we have used to complete the Assessment Cycle in both our Course and
our College-wide Learning Outcomes.
What FIGs do:
- Create professional communities in which
educators can share what happens in classrooms
- Articulate and negotiate the most important
outcomes for student learning
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Use the tools of classroom research to understand the experience of students
more deeply
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Share insights and findings
- Examine a wide range of evidence, from examples
of student work to campus-level quantitative data that describes patterns of
student performance
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Invite, and offer critical reflection and peer review
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Collaborate in the design of assessments, assignments, and curriculum
- Build trust as an essential component of
ongoing improvement
- Support professional identity and
responsibility among educators
- Reflect our experiences and findings back to
our college community
Our College-wide Learning Outcomes FIGs:
With our College-wide Learning Outcomes FIGS, we seek to foster
Inquiry and dialogue between groups of interdisciplinary faculty on the
assessment of our most pervasive, holistic goals for our students.
We have 5 Institutional-level Outcomes, or College-wide
Learning Goals:
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Global and Cultural Involvement
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Civic Responsibility: Cultural, Economic, Historical, Political
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Communication
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Critical Thinking
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Development of the Whole Person
The Critical Thinking FIG of Fall 2008 and Spring
2009
This, our initial Institutional-level SLO FIG, was one in
which 14 interdisciplinary faculty assessed student levels of critical
thinking in a diverse range of courses to validate our students' sense of
learning in this area. The participants tested the use of two common
rubrics; one for a holistic assessment of critical thinking, and another for
a more detailed assessment of different aspects of critical thinking.
They developed a critical thinking SLO for their course, and identified an
assignment in which to assess it with one of the two rubrics. They
assessed their students, and came together to discuss the aggregate and
individual results, and what this means for the teaching and learning of
critical thinking in their courses and at Chabot. The project
continued into the Spring 2009 semester, where the participants taught other
faculty to use the rubrics and assess critical thinking in a larger sample
of courses. The group is currently planning how they will share their
experiences and insights with the college at large.
Click here to
see the Critical Thinking SLO proposal
Click here to see the Critical Thinking Assessment results
The Global and Cultural Involvement FIG of Fall 2009
and Spring 2010
This, our second Institutional-level SLO FIG, is one in
which a group of interdisciplinary faculty will assess student levels of
Global and Cultural Involvement in a diverse range of courses to validate our students' sense of
learning in this area. The participants will test the use of two common
rubrics; one for a holistic assessment of global and cultural involvement, and another for
a more detailed assessment of different aspects of it.
They will develop a GCI SLO for their course, and identified an
assignment in which to assess it with one of the two rubrics. They
will assess their students, and come together to discuss the aggregate and
individual results, and what this means for the teaching and learning of GCI in their courses and at Chabot. The project
will continue into the Spring 2010 semester, where the participants will
teach other
faculty to use the rubrics and assess GCI in a larger sample of courses.
The group will then share their
experiences and insights with the college at large.
Our Course-level SLO FIGs:
The Art Adjunct SLO and Assessment FIG of Spring
2009:
This, our initial Course-level SLO FIG, had the goal to move
10 art adjunct faculty in the disciplines of Fine Art, Film, Interior
Design, Architecture, and Photo through the writing of SLOs and rubrics, the
assessment of those outcomes, the recording of those assessments in eLumen,
and the reflection upon the process. The participants gained new
insights on their students, their course outlines, their outcomes, their
assessment techniques, and finally, themselves. In addition to this,
each participant developed three new assessment approaches, particular to
assignments in our classes, to adopt and evaluate, and share the results of
which to each other and our Division as a whole.
Click here
to see the Art Adjunct SLO FIG proposal
Click here to see the
Art Adjunct SLO Assessment results
The Business Online SLO FIG of Fall 2009:
This, our second Course-level SLO FIG, is currently moving
12 full-time and adjunct business faculty through the writing of SLOs and
rubrics, the assessment of those outcomes, the recording of those
assessments in eLumen, and the reflection upon the process. The participants
are gaining insight on their students, their course outlines, their
outcomes, their assessment techniques, and finally, themselves. As the
faculty involved teach online courses, the group meets in the discussion
forums of Blackboard, and at prescribed conference-call sessions.
Blackboard also hosts the responses from per advisors, the weekly agendas,
and the FIG's materials and resources, making it very user-friendly and
accessible.
Click here to see the Business Online SLO FIG proposal
The Physical Education Adjunct SLO FIG of Fall 2009:
This, our third Course-level SLO FIG, is currently moving 34 Physical Education faculty through the writing of SLOs and rubrics. The participants are gaining
insight on their courses, their course outlines, their outcomes, their
assessment techniques, and finally, themselves. Their Flex Day
workshop on SLO and rubric development will be videotaped and available on
Chabot's Intranet.
Click
here to see our Physical Education SLO FIG proposal
Click here to see the
PE Adjunct SLO Assessment results
This page was last updated 4.21.09
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