Curriculum Mapping

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Curriculum Mapping
Susan Hatfield Assessment Coordinator Winona
State University
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Curriculum Maps

• Link Program Learning Outcomes to Curriculum
• Identify how required courses contribute to
  achievement of program outcomes
• Help students and faculty see how courses
  translate into a curriculum

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Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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Curriculum Maps

• Identify how knowledge skills develop
  throughout the curriculum

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Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
A
S
K
A
S
A
A
S
S
K
A
K
A
S
A
S
K
K Knowledge / Comprehension A Analysis /
Application S Synthesis / Evaluation
A
S
K
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Curriculum Maps

• Help identify curriculum gaps
• Orphan outcomes
• Unsupported outcomes
• Empty requirement
• Same Level learning
• Outcome Overkill

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Orphan Outcome
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
K
K
K
A
A
S
S
K
A


A
S
K
S
S
K
A
S
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Unsupported Outcome
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
K
K
K
A
A
S
S
K
A
K
A
S
A
S
K
S
S
K
A
S
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Empty Requirement
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K

K
K


A

S
S
K
A
K
A
S

S
K
S
S
K
A
S
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Same Level Learning
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
K
K
K


A
A
S
S
K
A
K
A
S
A
S
K
S
S
K
A
S
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Outcome Overkill
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
K
K
K
A
A
S
S
K
A
K
A
S
A
S
K
S
S
K
A
S
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Curriculum Maps

• Use the Map to identify Assessment Points
• Points at which you will collect evidence of
  achievement of a learning outcome
• Not every outcome, every course, every faculty,
  every student, every semester

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Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
A
S
K
A
S
Pre-Post / Value Added
A
A
S
K
A
S
K
A
S
A
S
K
A
S
K
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Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
A
S
K
A
S
Formative Assessment
A
A
S
K
A
S
K
A
S
A
S
K
A
S
K
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Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
A
S
K
A
S
Summative Assessment
A
A
S
K
A
S
K
A
S
A
S
K
A
S
K
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Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
A
S
K
A
S
Bad Idea Assessment
A
A
S
K
A
S
K
A
S
A
S
K
A
S
K
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Curriculum Maps

• Help identify where interventions may be
  considered

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How Assessment Works
Year 2
Year 3
Year 1
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ast Performance
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Curriculum Maps

• Help identify where interventions may be
  considered
• Additional learning opportunities
• Different kinds of learning opportunities
• Prerequisite structure
• Curriculum Revision

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Additional Opportunities
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
K
S
K
A
S
A
S
K
A
S
K
S
A
S
A
S
A
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Different Opportunities
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
A
S
K
A
S
A
S
K
A
S
K
S
A
S
A
S
A
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Prerequisite Requirements
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
A
S
K
A
S
A
A
S
A
S
K
S
A
S
A
S
A
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Curriculum Revision
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
K
A
S
K
A
S
A
S
A
S
K
S
A
S
A
S
K
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Curriculum Maps

• Big Mistakes
• Having one person create the map
• Assuming every course has to do everything
• Creating a theoretical map, not a reality map
• Assuming that courses are free-standing entities

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Curriculum Mapping
Susan Hatfield Assessment Coordinator Winona
State University