Listed below are selected learning outcomes in the area of critical
thinking that Western Washington University is actively integrating
into its curriculum. Each learning outcome is listed with its definition,
along with a description of how Professor Tag's course meets each
of these student learning outcome goals.
| Learning Outcomes |
Definition |
Course Outcomes |
| Identification |
Accurately identifies and interprets
evidence. |
In collaboration, students identify
the specific themes, events, or issues from the novel they
will use as a basis for designing their performances. |
| Alternative Consideration |
Considers major alternative points
of view. |
When developing each performance,
students are asked to consider and incorporate diverse perspectives
and viewpoints from the novel itself, from ways of interpreting
the novel and its major themes, and within the actual performance
design. |
| Accurate Conclusions |
Draws warranted, judicious, non-fallacious
conclusions. |
The group performances themselves
demonstrate powerful ways to interpret a novel, often using
nonverbal methods such as music, dance, art, photography, and
video to come to creative and suggestive conclusions. |
| Justification |
Justifies key results and procedures,
and explains assumptions and reasons. |
Following the performances students
write a reflective essay on the entire experience, explaining
their individual roles in the group process, what they learned,
and their responses to and evaluations of the class performances.
Such reflection is a final necessary element of the critical
and creative process of learning. |
Source: Adapted from the California Academic Press's Holistic
Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric available at: http://www.calpress.com/rubric.html
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