General Education Outcomes
English/ Writing (submitted March 2010 by M. Been)
LSSU graduates will be able to:
 Analyze, develop, and produce rhetorically complex texts (English/ Writing Outcomes)
Outcome
Dates
Completed
In Process
Projected
Fall 2008
(data and report
available)
Spring 2009
Fall 2010
Fall 2009
Spring 2011
Analyze…rhetorically complex texts
Includes the ability of students to comprehend and critique a
variety of secondary sources and to integrate material from those
sources into their own writing.
Internal
ENGL 091/ 110/ 111: Holistic Essay Reading assesses
the ability of students to comprehend and critique a
variety of secondary sources and to integrate material
from those sources into their own writing.
Spring 2010
Population tested
All enrolled ENGL 091/110/111 students
External
MAPP: Reading/Critical Thinking Skills: Assesses the
ability of students to comprehend and critique a variety of
secondary sources
Population tested
Fall: All incoming first-year students
Spring: All graduating seniors
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
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Outcome
Dates
Completed
In Process
Projected
Fall 2009 (not done)
Fall 2010
Spring 2010
Spring 2011
Develop…rhetorically complex texts
Includes the ability to brainstorm, develop, organize, draft, edit,
and proofread materials for a paper. Also includes the ability to
use social networks such as peer editing, tutoring, and
conferencing to develop a project.
Internal
Spring 2009
ENGL 091/ 110/ 111: Student Survey gathers data on
(data and report
how often students used various process strategies to
available)
help them brainstorm, develop, organize, draft, edit, and
proofread their texts and how effective students felt those
strategies were in making the students stronger writers.
Survey also gathers data on how often students used social
networks to help them with papers and how effective the
students felt those networks were in making the students
stronger writers.
Population tested
All enrolled ENGL 091/110/111 students
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Outcome
Dates
Completed
In Process
Projected
Fall 2008
(data and report
available)
Spring 2009
Fall 2010
Fall 2009
Spring 2011
Produce rhetorically complex texts
Includes the ability to match content, style, tone, and presentation
to a variety of purposes and audiences.
Internal
ENGL 091/ 110/ 111: Holistic essay reading assesses the
ability of students to match content, style, tone, and
presentation to a variety of purposes and audiences.
Spring 2010
Population tested
All enrolled ENGL 091/110/111 students
Internal (only ENGL 091/ 110/ 111 students are tested,
but the instrument is an external instrument. The CAAP is
used primarily to measure the differences between
students enrolled in 091/110/111 using a common
instrument)
ENGL 091/ 110/ 111: CAAP assesses the ability of
students to match content, style, tone, and presentation to
a variety of purposes and audiences.
Fall 2008
(data and report
available)
Spring 2009 (not done)
Fall 2010
Fall 2009 (not done)
Spring 2011
Spring 2010 (not done)
Population tested
All enrolled ENGL 091/110/111 students
External
MAPP: Writing Skills assesses the ability of students to
match content, style, tone, and presentation to a variety of
purposes and audiences
Population tested
Fall: All incoming first-year students
Spring: All graduating seniors
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
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MAPP Writing Skills
Level I
Students who are proficient can:
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recognize agreement among basic grammatical elements (e.g., nouns, verbs, pronouns and conjunctions)
recognize appropriate transition words
recognize incorrect word choice
order sentences in a paragraph
order elements in an outline
Level II
Students who are proficient can:
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incorporate new material into a passage
recognize agreement among basic grammatical elements (e.g., nouns, verbs, pronouns and conjunctions) when these elements are
complicated by intervening words or phrases
combine simple clauses into single, more complex combinations
recast existing sentences into new syntactic combinations
Level III
Students who are proficient can:
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discriminate between appropriate and inappropriate use of parallelism
discriminate between appropriate and inappropriate use of idiomatic language
recognize redundancy
discriminate between correct and incorrect constructions
recognize the most effective revision of a sentence
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MAPP Reading/Critical Thinking Skills
Level I
Students who are proficient can:
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recognize factual material explicitly presented in a reading passage
understand the meaning of particular words or phrases in the context of a reading passage
Level II
Students who are proficient can:
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synthesize material from different sections of a passage
recognize valid inferences derived from material in the passage
identify accurate summaries of a passage or of significant sections of the passage
understand and interpret figurative language
discern the main idea, purpose or focus of a passage or a significant portion of the passage
Level III
Students who are proficient can:
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evaluate competing causal explanations
evaluate hypotheses for consistency with known facts
determine the relevance of information for evaluating an argument or conclusion
determine whether an artistic interpretation is supported by evidence contained in a work
recognize the salient features or themes in a work of art
evaluate the appropriateness of procedures for investigating a question of causation
evaluate data for consistency with known facts, hypotheses or methods
recognize flaws and inconsistencies in an argument