Assessment Outcomes Data Report
CHEM 2300
– FALL 2006
Instructor: Cheng Wei Tom
Chang
Course Description:
The course is designed for non-science majors focusing on delivering
fundamental and essential knowledge in organic chemistry that will assist
students in developing a cohesive core of comprehension in their area
of specialty.
Enrollment: 89
Assessment method:
There will be twenty multiple choice questions for the assessment with
a total of twenty points. These points will be bonus points and will
be added to your total point for determining your final grade.
Outcomes Data:
1. Results from Assessment Questions
| Question in assessment | % correct in assessment | Question originated | % correct in exam | Difference (%) |
| 1 | 67.5 | Exam 1, Q 16 | 30.7 | +36.8 |
| 2 | 79.5 | Exam 1, Q 18 | 48.9 | +30.6 |
| 3 | 78.3 | Exam 1, Q 20 | 48.9 | +29.4 |
| 4 | 69.9 | Exam 2, Q 10 | 35.4 | +34.5 |
| 5 | 66.3 | Exam 2, Q 11 | 42.7 | +23.6 |
| 6 | 68.7 | Exam 2, Q 12 | 41.5 | +27.2 |
| 7 | 67.5 | Exam 3, Q 13 | 21.4 | +46.1 |
| 8 | 71.1 | Exam 3, Q 17 | 47.6 | +23.6 |
| 9 | 78.3 | Exam 3, Q 18 | 47.6 | +30.7 |
| 10* | 43.4 | Final, Q 28 | 49.4 | +6.0 |
*: Question 10 appears in assessment
first then incorporated as question 28 in the final exam.
2. Assessment Questions
I. Multiple
choice questions. Please put your answers on Scantron sheet. Your score
will be graded based only on your answers from Scantron sheet. (10 questions,
20 points)
1. Which of the following are
pairs of resonance structures?
(a) I, IV, VII, VIII
(b) I, II, VII, IX
(c) I, IV, VII, VIII, IX
(d) I, II, IV, VI, IX
(e) None of the above
2. Which of the followings
represent the correct name of functional groups circled in the boxes?
(a) I, III, V
(b) I, II, III, IV, V
(c) I, III, IV, V
(d) I, II, III, IV
(e) None of the above
3. What is the name for the
following compound?
(a) (E)-2-ethyl-4-methyl-3-hexene
(b) (Z)-2-ethyl-4-methyl-3-hexene
(c) (E)-3,5-dimethyl-3-heptene
(d) (Z)-3,5-dimethyl-3-heptene
(e) None of the above
4. Which of the following are chiral molecules?
(a) II
(b) I, II, IV
(c) II, V
(d) II, IV, V
(e) None of the above
5. How many stereoisomers are
possible for the following compound?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 8
(e) None of the above
6. What is the name for the
following compound?
(a) (2R,3S)-2,3-dimethylhexane
(b) (R)-2,3-dimethylhexane
(c) (S)-2,3-dimethylhexane
(d) (2S,3R)-2,3-dimethylhexane
(e) None of the above
7. What could
be the product for the following reaction?
Based on the following synthetic
scheme, answer question 8 – 9.
8. What could be the structure
of compound I?
9. What could be the structure
of compound II?
10. What could
be the product for the following reaction?
Summary: Questions from previous exams that had lower percentiles of students who answered correctly were selected for the assessment. Students have shown significant improvement at the second time. The percentiles of students who have answered correctly increase from 20% to 40% with the exception of question 10. The results manifest that students understand most of the course material.
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