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MS 150 Statistics is an introductory statistics course with a focus on statistical operations and methods. The course is guided by the 2007 Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) , the spring 2016 draft GAISE update, and the ongoing effort at the college to incorporate authentic assessment  in courses. A history of the evolution open data open data exploration exercises and associated presentations as authentic assessment in the course was covered in a May 2017 report . Nayme presents basic statistics on anonymous blood glucose levels measured at a recent health fair Three course level student learning outcomes currently guide MS 150 Introduction to Statistics: Perform basic statistical calculations for a single variable up to and including graphical analysis, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing against an expected value, and testing two samples for a difference of means. Perform basic statistical calculations for paired ...

Science tends to be taught as a set of memorized facts, a list of previously discovered theories and knowledge that the student must master in order to be scientifically literate. And yet this approach has produced a scientifically illiterate electorate in many nations. Once science devolves into memorized facts, to learned content, then any other system of facts or content becomes equally valid in the mind of too many learners. How else to explain those who are certain the earth is flat, that climate change is not occurring, that evolution does not explain life on earth? SC 130 Physical Science takes a different approach. Process takes precedence over content. The students are, for the most part, not exposed to facts that are not either derived from a laboratory experience or a demonstration. The course focus on laboratories and on mathematical models derived from measurement made in those laboratories. The course also has the students write up a laboratory report each week, with t...

The SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany   final examination was a field identification of 22 plants including their Latin binomial, local name, and ethnobotanical use. This format always has the complications of a dynamically moving group of students across a large area of campus. That said, the students in general work independently and honor the spirit of the final examination - that they should be able to walk their island and know their plants and uses. This final is an authentic assessment of student learning outcomes one and two in the course. PLO SC/SS 115 CLO GE 3.4 Define and explain scientific concepts, principles, and theories of a field of science. 1. Identify local plants, their reproductive strategies, and morphology. GE 4.2 Demonstrate knowledge of the cultural issues of a person’s own culture and other cultures. MSP 2 Demonstrate proficiency in the geographical, historical, and cultural literacy of the Micronesian region. 2. Communicate and describe the cultu...