Assessment / Spring 2010 / AC 250 - Managerial Accounting
PRETEST VS POSTTEST / SLO
These assessment data are for AC 250 - Managerial Accounting in Spring Semester 2010. Updates are posted as soon as information become available.
The number of students who took the pretests were fewer than those who took the posttests, because pretests were given on the first day of instruction during which the add/drop period is in effect. The number of students who took the posttests vary for each chapter SLO, depending on attendance.| AC 250 - MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING / CHAPTERS 1 - 10 | ||||
| ASSESSMENT | PRETEST (21 STUDENTS) | POSTTEST (27 STUDENTS) | ||
| CHAPTER SLOs |
AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | PERCENT | AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | PERCENT |
| 1 | 6 | 28% | 17 (of 24) | 69% |
| 2 | 6 | 28% | 12 (of 26) | 46% |
| 3 | 7 | 34% | ||
| 4 | 7 | 33% | ||
| 5 | 9 | 45% | ||
| 6 | 5 | 26% | ||
| 7 | 8 | 38% | ||
| 8 | 7 | 33% | ||
| 9 | 7 | 32% | ||
| 10 | 6 | 27% | ||
| AVERAGE | 7 | 32% | ||
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
| AC 250 - MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING / CHAPTER 1 | ||||
| CHAPTER
1 SELECTED SLOs |
Students
will be able to: • Explain the relationship between financial and management accounting. • Describe the relationships among cost, financial, and management accounting. • Describe the role of ethics in guiding workforce behavior. • List the primary factors and constraints that influence an organization's strategy. • Clarify the impact of the accounting function on achievement of strategic goals and objectives. |
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| PLOs | PLO
#1 -
Demonstrate basic knowledge of each of the functional areas of business
– accounting, finance, marketing and management –
by
defining the emphasis of each of the areas in an organization and
describing their interrelationship in an organization’s
attempt
to achieve its objectives. PLO #8 - Identify common ethical challenges that face business and determine realistic alternatives to deal with the challenges. PLO #9 - Demonstrate a basic understanding of globalization and its implication for business by explaining the opportunities and challenges created by globalization in all aspects of business operations. |
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| ASSESSMENT | PRETEST (21 STUDENTS) | POSTTEST (24 STUDENTS) | ||
| PRETEST QUESTIONS (EMBEDDED AS POSTTEST IN CHAPTER 1 QUIZ) | NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | PERCENT OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | PERCENT OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
| 1 | 8 | 38% | 4 | 17% |
| 2 | 6 | 29% | 21 | 88% |
| 3 | 5 | 24% | 21 | 88% |
| 4 | 5 | 24% | 17 | 71% |
| 5 | 5 | 24% | 20 | 83% |
| AVERAGE | 6 | 28% | 17 | 69% |
| AC 250 - MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING / CHAPTER 2 | ||||
| CHAPTER
2 SELECTED SLOs |
Students
will be able to: • Explain why companies have management control systems. • Explain why organizational form, structure, and culture are important to the design of cost management systems. • Explain how the internal and external operating environments affect cost management systems. • List the elements that affect the design of cost management systems. • Describe the use of gap analysis when implementing cost management systems. |
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| PLOs | PLO #1 - Demonstrate basic knowledge of each of the functional areas of business – accounting, finance, marketing and management – by defining the emphasis of each of the areas in an organization and describing their interrelationship in an organization’s attempt to achieve its objectives. | |||
| ASSESSMENT | PRETEST (21 STUDENTS) | POSTTEST (26 STUDENTS) | ||
| PRETEST QUESTION (EMBEDDED AS POSTTEST IN CHAPTER 2 QUIZ) | NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | PERCENT OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | PERCENT OF STUDENTS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
| 6 | 1 | 5% | 9 | 35% |
| 7 | 12 | 57% | 12 | 46% |
| 8 | 4 | 19% | 9 | 35% |
| 9 | 10 | 48% | 21 | 81% |
| 10 | 2 | 10% | 9 | 35% |
| AVERAGE | 6 | 28% | 12 | 46% |
