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OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
GENERAL EDUCATION (W) PERSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT REPORT
Date of report:
Course:
Materials used, n:
Rubric/Scoring standard used:
Date of assessment:
Assessment Team
Members:
Coordination / Oversight:
Joshua Wilner, Senior Faculty Advisor for Undergraduate Education
Ana Vasović, Coordinator for General Education
WRITING SKILLS
Writing – average scores *
Thesis
Structure and
Organization
Evidence and
Development
Mechanics
and Style
Please comment on:
Strengths:
Weaknesses/Concerns:
Other comments:
For recommendations please go to the final page
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CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
Critical thinking – average scores *
Explanation
of issues
Evidence
Context &
Assumptions
Student's
Position
Conclusions
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Strengths:
Weaknesses/Concerns:
Other comments:
For recommendations please go to the final page
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INFORMATION LITERACY SKILLS
Information Literacy – average scores *
Understand
info needs/
search
efficiently
Evaluate info
sources
Credibility of
sources
Use info
ethically
Please comment on:
Strengths:
Weaknesses/Concerns:
Other comments:
For recommendations please go to the final page
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PERSPECIVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
What Perspective category does this course satisfy? (circle one)
Artistic, Global History and Culture, Literary, Self and Society, Logical-Philosophical, US Society
What particular course/divisional learning outcomes did you assess?
Please comment on:
Strengths:
Weaknesses/Concerns:
Other comments:
For recommendations please go to the final page
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
For writing skills improvement:
For critical thinking skills improvement:
For information literacy skills improvement:
For course/divisional learning outcomes improvement:
Other recommendations:
* Scale 1-4 reflects the ability range from the beginning level to the accomplished level – it is
meant as a “college span” scale; it is expected that the majority of freshmen would not be at the
“accomplished” end of the scale.
1 - beginning
2- developing
3 - competent
4 – accomplished
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Appendix A
General Education Program Learning Outcomes
Proficiencies
Writing and Communication Skills
The student will be able to:
 formulate a clear thesis
 provide coherent, unified and effective organization of a paper
 develop abundant details and examples that provide evidence in support of sound logic
 use standard diction, grammar and mechanics of English
Critical Thinking skills (adapted from AACU Critical Thinking VALUE rubric)
The student will be able to:
 clearly frame an issue or problem and consider it critically
 select, use, and evaluate information to investigate a claim or point of view
 analyze his or her and others’ assumptions and evaluate relevance of contexts when
presenting a position
 present a position taking into account its complexities and limits as well as others points of view
 develop logical conclusions based on evaluation of evidence
Information literacy skills
The student will be able to:
 demonstrate a clear understanding of information needs and ability to search efficiently
 effectively evaluate information sources
 articulate credibility of sources
 use information ethically
Perspectives
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Artistic: An awareness of artistic issues from a critical perspective
Global History and Culture: Familiarity with belief systems, history, social dynamics
of a society outside of the Euro-American tradition
Literary: An introduction to the methods and concerns of literary analysis, with close
reading and attention to historical context
Logical/Philosophical: Experience with analytic and/or philosophical reasoning, to examine
fundamental questions of ethics, justice and epistemology
Natural/Scientific and Natural/Scientific with an Interactive Component: Experience with
the techniques and methodologies of science including experience gathering and interpreting
data.
Self and Society: An awareness of ethical and societal justice as well as theories and
methods in the study of individuals and society issues (gender, race, class, etc.)
US Society: Knowledge of selected events and key topics in the development of US
society, through various tools and analytic approach.
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