The General Education Student Learning Report is an instrument developed by the Assessment Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee to collect data during assessment of the General Education (GE) curriculum. IE&A will administer the instrument through Qualtrics to faculty participating in the 2015-16 GE assessment. Faculty with a GE assignment will receive a link to the instrument along with periodic reminders. The instrument is brief and includes open-ended, short answer questions along with a few multiple-choice items.
- If you are participating in the GE assessment, you will be asked to describe the type of student work you reviewed and evaluated: (a) Short writing assignment (5 pages or less), (b) Medium writing assignment (6-15 pages), (c) Long writing assignment (more than 15 pages), (d) Oral presentation, (f) Demonstration or performance, (g) Part or all of a quiz or examination, or (h) Other. (You can find examples of the types of student work faculty have previously assessed here.)
- After identifying the type or types of work you assessed, you will be asked to provide the number of students you assessed as well as the number of assessments in each of the following categories: Exemplary, Satisfactory, Emerging, Not Demonstrated.
- The student learning report provides space for you to briefly describe the criteria you used to facilitate assessment of Exemplary, Satisfactory, and Emerging work. You will also be asked to rate the extent to which the intended learning outcome assessed advances each of the college-wide student learning outcomes.*
- The final four questions on the student learning report ask you to (a) provide a brief statement of your experience and the practical significance for stability or change in your course, (b) reflect on the usefulness of the exercise for your teaching, (c) discuss the effects, if any, of the previous assessment (2011-12) of the general education curriculum on your current teaching practices, and (d) provide feedback for the Curriculum Committee on content or wording of the intended learning outcome assessed.
IE&A uses Qualtrics to administer surveys, including the student learning report for the general education curriculum assessment. You will receive an email invitation to complete the survey to your St. Olaf email account. You will also receive periodic reminders with the survey link until you complete the survey. Please contact ge-assessment@stolaf.edu if you have questions about completing the report.
*Visit the STOGoals website for more information regarding the college-wide student learning outcomes.
This page provides information about the 2015-16 General Education Student Learning Report. Guidelines and suggestions for completing this report are available on the college’s assessment website. The report is designed to be completed while you are grading the relevant student work, so it can be submitted at any time during the term, or within two weeks of the submission of final grades.