his or her research in the
form of multiple
manuscripts for publication
in scientific journals. Link to
UNCW Learning Goals:
thoughtful expression,
information literacy, critical
thinking) and inquiry.
completed. The student’s
committee evaluates the
quality of the dissertation
with a form.his/her committee
members. Data on the
quality of the writing,
mastery of the research,
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.Faculty assessed student
performance as generally
good, with 100% of students
at levels 4 or 5 on mastery
of research and likelihood of
publication. Dissertation
quality was 89%, and
submission and publication
were at 78%. 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. However, it is
important to recognize how
small the sample size was
for 2010-2011. 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.
August. We will continue to
collect data on this SLO in
2012 - 2013 and monitor the
performance of our
students on this SLO over
several years, and with
greater numbers, before
making any changes to our
program.SLO 5: A graduate student
should be able to create
new teaching materials.
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Goals: thoughtful
Successful completion of
Teaching practicum course
and a formal lecture or
laboratory presentation in
an undergraduate course.Each student in the program
is assessed by each of
his/her committee
members. Data on overall
effectiveness of teachingIn 2011-2012 we had no
data returned for this SLO.
The teaching practicum is
not taught every year. In
2010 - 2011 we had only oneResults were discussed at
the Faculty retreat in
August. We will continue to
collect data on this SLO in
2012 - 2013 and will improve