General Education Assessment at CVCC
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General Education Assessment at CVCC. General Education Goals. Communication (Written and Oral) Critical Thinking Cultural and Social Understanding Information Literacy Personal Development Quantitative Reasoning Scientific Reasoning. Communication.
General Education Assessment at CVCC
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General Education Goals • Communication (Written and Oral) • Critical Thinking • Cultural and Social Understanding • Information Literacy • Personal Development • Quantitative Reasoning • Scientific Reasoning
Communication • Students will demonstrate an ability to interact with others through reading, writing, and oral communication resulting in understanding and being understood. • Reading and Writing assessed each semester using ETS Proficiency Profile starting in Spring 2012. • Interpretation of meaning of key terms • Recognition of actual material • Appropriate transition words • Incorrect word choice • Agreement among basic grammatical elements • Oral Communication – assessed using STAGE beginning Fall 2012.
Critical Thinking • Students will demonstrate critical thinking by evaluating evidence and applying reasoning to decide how to think and act • Assessed each semester using ETS Proficiency Profile starting in Spring 2012 • Examples of skills assessed include evaluation of competing casual explanations • Determination of relevance of information for evaluating an argument or conclusion • Evaluation of data for consistency with known facts, hypotheses or methods
Cultural and Social Understanding • Students will demonstrate an awareness, understanding and appreciation of the interconnectedness of the social and cultural dimensions within and across local, regional, state, national, and global communities • Assessed each semester using ETS Proficiency Profile starting in Spring 2012 which assesses humanities and social sciences within the content of the reading and critical thinking questions • STAGE starting in Fall 2012
Information Literacy • Students will demonstrate information literacy by knowing how and where to search for information and how to apply the information once found • Assessed Spring 2012 using Madison Assessments • Determination of the nature and extent of the information needed • Access needed information effectively and efficiently
Personal Development • Students will demonstrate personal development by displaying the ability to set goals to form personal, academic, and vocational development. • STAGE starting in Fall 2012
Quantitative Reasoning • Students will be able to apply mathematical tools to the solution of complex problems • Assessed each semester using ETS Proficiency Profile starting in Spring 2012 • Madison Assessment Spring 2009 • Recognizing and interpreting mathematical terms • Reading and interpreting tables and graphs • Evaluating formulas
Scientific Reasoning • Students will be able to understand the process of planning, executing and interpreting an experiment following the tenets of the scientific method • Assessed Spring 2011 using Madison Assessments • Generating an empirically evidenced and logical argument • Distinguishing a scientific argument from a non-scientific argument
2012-2013 • NEW FOR FALL – Requirement for graduates to take the assessment will be enforced • Best Practices • Communication • Support