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Music, BME

Student Outcomes

Assessment of Student Outcomes

Outcome AA Keyboard Musicianship Proficiency

Students will demonstrate basic keyboard musicianship proficiency commensurate with their required level of coursework.
Objective 33 Students will be able to perform simple melodic improvisations with chordal accompaniment.

Measure 1

2020 Status
Achieved
Student success surpassed the target amount.

Objective 34 Students will be able to demonstrate basic sight-reading proficiency at the piano.

Measure 1

2020 Status
Achieved
Students exceeded the target percentage.

Objective 41 Students will be able to analyze melodies for harmonic content and harmonize these at the keyboard.

Measure 1

2019 Status
Not Yet Achieved
Data collection began in 2018 and is ongoing.

2018 Status
Not Yet Achieved
Data collection on this began in the 2018-19 academic year, as such we are still collecting data in this area.

Objective 42 Students will be able to perform all major and minor scales and arpeggios with two hands.

Measure 1

2019 Status
Not Yet Achieved
Data collection began in 2018-2019 and is ongoing.

2018 Status
Not Yet Achieved
Data collection on this began in the 2018-19 academic year, as such we are still collecting data in this area.

Outcome AE Secondary Instrument Proficiency

Students will demonstrate basic proficiency on secondary brass, woodwind, string, and percussion instruments.
Objective 43 Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to play woodwind instruments at the level of a beginner who has had one year of instruction.
Objective 44 Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to play brass instruments at the level of a beginner who has had one year of instruction.
Objective 45 Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to play string instruments at the level of a beginner who has had one year of instruction.

Measure 1

2019 Status
Achieved
The target was met, but ideally there would be 100% of students achieving this objective.

Objective 46 Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to play percussion instruments at the level of a beginner who has had one year of instruction.

Measure 1

2020 Status
Achieved
The target percent of students was achieved, but barely.

Outcome O Musical leadership

Students will demonstrate effective musical leadership.
Objective 7 Students will be able to demonstrate their conducting proficiency on their conducting final exam.

Measure 1

2020 Status
Achieved
The objective continues to have 100% of students achieving the objective.

2018 Status
Achieved
The target was met. 100% of students achieved a grade of C or higher on the conducting final exam.

Objective 8 Students will be able to demonstrate effective rehearsal techniques during their teacher assisting and student teaching placements.

Measure 1

2020 Status
Achieved
All student teachers received a grade of B or higher on their final music observations in Winter 2020. Due to the Corona Virus outbreak, some of these students only received 2 observations instead of the standard 3 observations. Data was collected using the observation scores from the last observation for each student prior to the closing of public schools.

2019 Status
Achieved
This target continues to be reached.

2018 Status
Achieved
100% of students demonstrated rehearsal effectiveness during teacher assisting and student teaching.

Outcome P Pedagogical materials

Students will create, analyze, and compile appropriate pedagogical materials.
Objective 10 Students will be able to create and implement a conceptual unit of 10 lesson plans for teacher assisting.

Measure 1

2019 Status
Achieved
This objective was achieved.

2018 Status
Achieved
100% of students in EDI 331 passed the unit plan with a score of B or higher. Target has been met.

Objective 9 Students will be able to create a pedagogical unit plan for secondary music education.

Measure 1

2018 Status
Achieved
With 94% of students receiving a B or higher, we have surpassed our threshold, but have not met the target of 100%.

Measure 2

2020 Status
Not Yet Achieved
All students were able to submit satisfactory reports exceeding the threshold for grading the assessment plan assignments.

Outcome Q Performing skills

Students will demonstrate their skills as successful solo and ensemble performers.
Objective 21 Students will be able to demonstrate proficiency as a performer at the end of their fourth semester of applied lessons.

Measure 1

2020 Status
Achieved
This objective continues to be achieved at the target level.

2019 Status
Achieved
Students continue to reach this objective. The high success rate is supported by applied music professors preparing students and by the students four semesters of music study that have taken place prior to this assessment. Each semester of applied study, music students are required to perform a 10 minute jury before a faculty of music professors. This is a 20 minute jury, which students prepare for during the course of their fourth semester of applied study.

Objective 47 BME students will be able to perform a recital in fulfillment of their degree requirements during their fourth year of applied music instruction.
Objective 5 Students will be able to perform a recital to be evaluated by a pre-recital hearing committee.

Measure 1

2019 Status
Achieved
In the Fall of 2019, 100% of students who attempted a recital successfully passed their pre-recital hearing and their recital.

Objective 6 Students will be able to perform as part of an ensemble.

Measure 1

2019 Status
Achieved
For this first assessment of this objective, it was found that 100% of students achieved this objective. 100% of students were musically capable of performing as a member of an ensemble.

Outcome V Reflective Practitioners

Students will reflect on the role of music in the context of education and on their individual teaching experiences.
Objective 19 Students will be able to reflect on their teaching experiences with thoughtfulness and accuracy.

Measure 1

2020 Status
Achieved
All students took part in the discussion board reflections during the Winter 2020 semester. On occasion, a student or two would forget to post for one of the reflection prompts or would post after the due date, but the overall response rate for the semester was 91%

2019 Status
Achieved
The threshold level was achieved, but the target level was not achieved.

2018 Status
Achieved
100% of students in EDI 331 and EDI 432 participated in the discussion board posts.

Objective 20 Students will be able to articulate their personal philosophies of music in the context of education.

Measure 1

2020 Status
Achieved
1/1 total students submitted a philosophy statement for EDI 331. This student received an A on the assignment.

2019 Status
Achieved
This objective was achieved. Students wrote to the required rubric at a satisfactory level.

2018 Status
Achieved
100% of BME students in EDI 331 received a grade of B or higher on their philosophy statements.

Measure 2

2020 Status
Achieved
All students in MUS 200 completed the Philosophy Statement assignment satisfactorily. The average score was 23/25, thus exceeding the threshold of 17.