General Education Goals
1999-2000
Suggested Classroom Assessment Techniques
I. Communication Goal:
Students shall record, analyze, interpret, and articulate facts and ideas orally and in writing.
Background Knowledge Probe
Concept Maps
Minute Paper
Focused Listing
Directed Paraphrasing
Defining Features Matrix
II. Personal Development Goal:
Graduates shall possess skills and attitudes necessary for developing and achieving their personal and professional goals.
Diagnostic Learning Logs
Course-related Self-Confidence Survey
Productive Study Time Logs
RSQC2
Analytic Memos
Goal Ranking and Matching
III. Problem Solving and Decision-Making Goal:
Individually and within a team, graduates shall use appropriate methods of inquiry and analysis to define and solve problems and to make effective decisions.
Concept Maps
Pro and Con Grid
RSQC2
Documented Problem Solutions
Approximate Analogies
Problem Recognition Tasks
Process Analysis
IV: Cultural Diversity and Social Adaptation Goal:
Graduates shall effectively respond to diverse personal and professional stituations through an understanding of themselves and others within the context of changing local, regional, national, and world communities.
Approximate Analogies
Invented Dialogues
Misconception/Preconception Checklist
Everyday Ethical Dilemmas
Pro and Con Grid
What's the Principle?
V. Technological Literacy Goal:
Graduates shall understand the role of technology in society and posssess the skills necessary to adapt to changing technology.
Background Knowledge Probe
Directed Paraphrasing
Annotated Portfolios
Electronic Mail Feedback
Punctuated Lectures
Application Cards
Categorizing Grids
VI: Numerical Literacy Goal:
Graduates shall possess mathematical and analytical skills that enhance their effectiveness in communicating, problem solving, and decision making.
Content, Form, and Function Outlines
Focused Listing
Process Analysis
RSQC2
Documented Problem Solutions
VII: Information Literacy Goal:
Graduates shall independently gather historial and current information to aid them in making informed decisions.
Categorizing Grid
Pro and Con Grid
Application Cards
Analytic Memos
Classroom Assessment Quality Circles