The Kinesiology MA Program will emphasize research skills for the students.
Objective
Research Skills/APA
MA Kinesiology students will be able to correctly format references in APA Format.
Indicator
Research Skills/APA
A rubric developed by the program faculty will be used to assess students research skills regarding properly formatting references using APA. Students will be distributed a comprehensive list of references. Students must follow APA format when formatting these references. Students must use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) for proper formatting. Students must organize these sources into a 'Reference' page similar to what you would see at the end of an article or research manuscript.
Criterion
Research Skills/APA
Students must correctly format a comprehensive list of references in APA style, 6th edition with 95% accuracy.
Finding
Research Skills/APA
85% of the students correctly met the target, 5% of the students exceeded the target, and 10% of the students failed to meet the target on the APA common embedded assignment.
Action
Research Skills/APA
After the review of student performance on the research skills/APA assignment, the program faculty recognized that 10% of the students did not meet the target. Therefore, all core graduate kinesiology classes will have at least three faculty-developed assessments related to formatting references in APA style to assist students with these short-falls.
Goal
Survey Development
The Kinesiology MA Program will produce Kinesiology Graduates with survey development skills.
Objective
Survey Development Skills
Kinesiology, Sport Management students will be able to construct/develop effective surveys for meaningful data analysis.
Indicator
Survey Development Skills
The goal of this assignment is to provide the student with some experience in constructing a usable survey that can be employed for data analysis (human factors research). Topic should be of interest and could turn into a publication.
Criterion
Survey Development Skills
Students must correctly construct/develop a survey for data analysis with 90% accuracy.
Finding
Survey Development Skills
88% of the students met the 90% target, 5% exceeded the target and 7% failed to meet the target.
Action
Survey Development Skills
After a review of students' work on the survey development assignment, the program faculty observed that not all students were successful. Therefore, the research course, KIN 574 will have at least two faculty-developed assignments related to survey development for data analysis.