IV.+Assessment+Plan

**__Pre-Assessment__** No pre-assessment is needed, no prior knowledge is required upon entering the program. Due to the range of various past experience that students may have in terms of construction materials and construction management, a short questionnaire is conducted the first day of class to give the instructor an idea where students are coming from and if any extra emphasis needs to be placed on specific topics on concepts. The questionnaire is ungraded and solely information for the instructor. The questionnaire asks a handful of general and basic questions dealing with construction management concepts and construction materials.
 * Construction Materials and Management **

1. Have you ever been to a construction site before? If so, where and when? 2. Have you ever seen construction plans? Do you know how to read them? 3. Have you ever mixed concrete? Have you ever tested concrete for strength? 4. Do you have experience with using different types of wood? Would you be able to arrange a list of woods by their strength and uses?

**__Assessment Analysis (Using Gagne's Learned Capabilities Theory)__** || Concrete  ||  How can I mix a quality sample of concrete? || Use course provided materials to create concrete samples  ||  Concrete samples are created, examines, and compared with quality samples. (Formative Assessment) || (Summative Assessment) || (Formative Assessment) || (Formative Assessment) || (Summative Assessments) || **__Assessment__** Due to the sensitivity of the active assessment and protection of creative works, the assessment will not be posted to the Wikispace. The assessment will be available for Dr. Pyatt to personally examine and review.
 * Learning  Task  ||  Overarching   Understanding  ||  Essential   Question  ||  Learning   Objective  ||  Assessment Evidence (Data)  ||
 * Procedural
 * Problem  Solving  ||  Construction Materials  ||  What can I learn about a specific construction material?  ||  Students will choose a construction material and do research to learn more about its use in industry  ||  Technical Report on selected construction material
 * Discrimination ||  Identifying Concrete Additives  ||  What do different concrete additives to do to the strength of concrete?  ||  Use course provided materials to create concrete samples with different concrete additives and test different concrete samples  ||  Concrete samples with additives are created and crushed to test strength.
 * Discrimination ||  Identifying Wood Types  ||  What are the variable strengths different types of woods?  ||  Use course provided materials to test strengths of various wood types  ||  Wood samples are tested for strength and results recorded and compared
 * Discrimination ||  Construction Materials and Techniques  ||  What are common construction materials and techniques used in the field?  ||  Students examine and study different construction materials and techniques  ||  Construction Materials and Techniques Blackboard Tests – 4 in Total