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Goals: thoughtful
expression (thoughtful
expression).
departmental faculty
members after the seminar.mastery of research,
professional poise and
ability to answer questions
are collected.assessed performance of
this learning outcome to be
high for the majority of
students, in organization
(100%), mastery of research
(92%), ability to field
questions from the
audience (92%) and
professional poise (100%).goal.SLO 4: A graduate student
should be able to write up
his or her research in the
form of multiple
manuscripts for publication
in scientific journals. Link to
UNCW Learning Goals:
thoughtful expression
(thoughtful expression),
critical thinking (information
literacy and critical thinking)
and creative inquiry
(inquiry).
Multi-chaptered
dissertation is successfully
completed. The student’s
committee evaluates the
quality of the dissertation
with a form.Each student in the program
is assessed by each of
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 (2008-09)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 the 2008- 09 year, 4
dissertations were
completed and evaluated.
Faculty assessed
performance of this
Learning outcome as high,
with writing quality,
mastery of research, and
likelihood of publication
being high for the majority
of students (92%, 85% and
92 %, respectively). In
addition, 100% of students
had already submitted a
chapter for publication at
the time of completing the
thesis, and 77% had already
published a chapter.The faculty discussed the
results of assessment to
date at the 2009 retreat and
decided to continue the
assessment of this learning
goal. Faculty were pleased
with the introduction of the
two additional questions
regarding publications
submitted/published.SLO 5: A graduate student
should be able to create
new teaching materials.
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Goals: thoughtful
expression (thoughtful
Successful completion of
Teaching practicum course
and a formal lecture or
laboratory presentation in
an undergraduate course.
The student’s committeeEach student in the program
is assessed by each of
his/her committee
members. Data on overall
effectiveness of teaching
are collected. We will beginNone yet. N/A