UNCW Learning Goals:
thoughtful expression,
information literacy, critical
thinking) and inquiry.
and likelihood of being
published in a peer-review
journal are collected. In an
effort to better understand
how successful our students
are at publishing their work,
we recently added two
assessment questions to
this SLO that permit us to
monitor the progress each
student has made towards
publication by asking
whether chapters of their
dissertation have been
submitted for publication or
have already been
published.In 2011-2013 we had 13
responses for this SLO.
Faculty assessed student
performance as generally
good, with 93-100% of
students at levels 4 or 5 on
mastery of research and
likelihood of publication.
Dissertation quality was
high, with 100% scoring very
likely to be published, and
submission and publication
were at 77%. In 2010- 2011
we had only 3 responses for
this SLO. Our students were
assessed as performing at
only 67% on dissertation
quality, mastery of research,
and likelihood of
publication. In addition,
submission and publication
of manuscripts were at level- In the 2009-2010 year,
no PhD students defended
their dissertations.
Performance on this SLO
was higher in 2008-2009,
with levels >85% in all
categories. The Ph.D.
program is much smaller
than our other graduate
programs, and as such it will
take longer to accumulate
enough data to see any real
trends in performance.
students on this SLO over
several years, and with
greater numbers, before
making any changes to our
program.
Action Item: Continue
collecting data as
prescribed by the approved
SLO assessments.SLO 5: A graduate student
should be able to create
new teaching materials.
Link to UNCW Learning
Successful completion of
Teaching practicum course
and a formal lecture or
laboratory presentation inEach student in the program
is assessed by each of
his/her committee
members. Data on overallThe teaching practicum is
not taught every year,
which is one of the reasons
we have not been able toResults were discussed at
the Faculty retreat in
August. We will continue to
collect data on this SLO in