G. Required measures of efficiency for each department for the last five years
1. SFR (FTES/FTEF) disaggregate data
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Academic Year
|
Full-time Equivalence (Faculty)
|
2002-2003
|
10.99
|
2003-2004
|
10.99
|
2004-2005
|
10.99
|
2005-2006
|
12.66
|
2006-2007
|
13.66
|
2. Average class size, disaggregate upper and lower division and graduate courses
|
|
2002-03
|
2003-04
|
2004-05
|
2005-06
|
2006-07
|
Foreign Languages Department
|
Lower Division
|
19.6
|
20.3
|
19.5
|
19.4
|
20.1
|
Upper Division
|
15.9
|
13.7
|
11.7
|
11.5
|
11.3
|
Total
|
18.1
|
17.7
|
16.4
|
16.4
|
16.9
|
H. Assessment of programs and students
1. List student learner outcomes for each graduate or undergraduate degree program.
a. List the assessment tools or procedures used to assess students as they enter the degree program.
Students who begin their language study here move through the first and second year course sequence. If they have the requisite grade point average, they are accepted into the program of their choice and assigned an advisor. All students who enter our programs from other schools or who have outside work and/or living experiences are interviewed by an advisor as they begin study with us. They are assessed for their ability in the four skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) either by examination or interview and then placed in the most appropriate level. Some students – particularly heritage speakers of Spanish – opt for the CLEP exam, and they are placed at a level as per published standards in the university catalog (See “College Level Examination Program” in the Transfer Credit section). A post-CLEP test interview with Spanish faculty is also used to confirm placement. (There have been some problems associated with the students exercising the CLEP option and we are now considering not allowing the CLEP exam scores to stand in lieu of 2nd year coursework.)
b. List the assessment tools used to assess students exiting or graduating from the program.
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Praxis-II for language teaching majors
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Live Text e-portfolios for language teaching majors
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Exit interviews for all of our majors
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Exit surveys for all of our majors
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Honors theses and projects for majors who participated in receiving departmental honors
c. List the assessment tools used to assess alumni of the program including results from alumni survey completed for this academic program review.
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Alumni survey – see results below
FOREIGN LANGUAGES ALUMNI SURVEY
1. When did you graduate from CWU?
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n
|
%
|
Question leaf
|
3
|
18%
|
o 2002
|
2
|
12%
|
o 2003
|
3
|
18%
|
o 2004
|
2
|
12%
|
o 2005
|
7
|
41%
|
o 2006
|
2. What program/s (language/s) did you specialize in?
Spanish Major
|
Russian.
|
Spanish
|
Japanese
|
Spanish
|
Spanish
|
German
|
Spanish
minor in Latin American Studies
|
Foreign Languages: Spanish Teaching
|
Spanish and Anthropology
|
Spanish
|
Foreign Language Broad Area Teaching - Spanish
|
Japanese, German
|
Spanish
|
BA Russian, BFA Graphic design
|
Spanish
|
spanish-teaching
|
3. How important are the following knowledge and skill sets in your practice or field?
|
|
|
Not at all important
- 1 -
|
Not
important
- 2 -
|
Somewhat important
- 3 -
|
Very important
- 4 -
|
Critical
- 5 -
|
% Histogram
Mid = 40%
High = 80%
|
n, mean, median, st. dev.
|
a. Thinking critically (check your and others' assumptions; consider multiple perspectives from various sources, etc.)
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
5
|
|
|
b, Communications (use appropriate oral, written, and visual means for each audience; listen effectively)
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
12
|
|
|
c. Quantitative reasoning (apply quantitative tools to solve problems; comprehend symbolic representations)
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
|
|
d. Information literacy (e.g., critically evaluate data sources as I gather relevant information)
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
8
|
5
|
|
|
e. Conversational use of the language studied
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
12
|
|
|
f. Cultural knowledge and awareness
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
13
|
|
|
g. Listening comprehension of the language studied
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
13
|
|
|
h. Written comprehension (both reading and writing) of language studied
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
9
|
|
|
4. What other knowledge or skills are important to your practice or field?
Multi-tasking, the ability to work with many different personality types
|
How to assimilate while living in a different culture
|
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Operating Systems- Word, Excel, etc...
|
Further knowledge and preparation for the Japanese Language Placement Test (JLPT)
|
Basic teaching skills
|
Medical anthropology -- survey/assessment/field work
|
Translation
|
Nothing
|
I am a spanish teacher, so whatever that entails
|
As my path has taken me further into the world of academia, the ability to deal with academic sources is both English and my learned languages has been of great importance.
|
Not being easily bored
|
Building knowledge constructs around previously learned ideas (constructivism)
|
5. How well did your F.L. program at CWU prepare you to manage cases that required knowledge and skills in these areas?
|
|
Very poorly
- 1 -
|
Poor
- 2 -
|
Adequate
- 3 -
|
Well
- 4 -
|
Very well
- 5 -
|
% Histogram
mid line = 40%
upper = 80%
|
n, mean, median, st. dev.
|
a. Thinking critically (check your and others' assumptions; consider multiple perspectives from various sources, etc.)
|
0
|
3
|
10
|
4
|
0
|
|
|
b. Communications (use appropriate oral, written, and visual means for each audience; listen effectively)
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
10
|
3
|
|
|
c. Quantitative reasoning (apply quantitative tools to solve problems; comprehend symbolic representations)
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
d. Information literacy (e.g., critically evaluate data sources as I gather relevant information)
|
2
|
1
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
|
|
e. Conversational use of the language studied
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
6
|
3
|
|
|
f. Cultural knowledge and awareness
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
|
|
g. Listening comprehension of the language studied
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
|
|
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