Learning Outcomes | Definition | Course Outcomes |
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Identification | Accurately identifies and interprets evidence. | Students must identify important moral issues and affected stakeholders. |
Alternative Consideration | Considers major alternative points of view. | Students must identify alternative courses of action. |
Accurate Conclusions | Draws warranted, judicious, non-fallacious conclusions. | Students must show proper use of moral reasoning underlying decisions. |
Justification | Justifies key results and procedures, and explains assumptions and reasons. | Students must explain why the selected alternative fits their moral perspective. |
Source: Adapted from the California Academic Press's Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric (HCTSR).
Learning Outcomes | Definition | Course Outcomes |
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Rhetorical Knowledge | Focuses on a clear rhetorical purpose and responds appropriately to the needs of varied audiences and situations. | Students must identify important moral issues and affected stakeholders. |
Alternative Consideration | Considers major alternative points of view. | Students must clearly articulate goals for the paper. |
Critical Analysis | Develops, examines, situates, and communicates a reasoned perspective clearly to others. | Students must make their arguments clearly and concisely. |
Composing Processes | Understands writing as a recursive process that involves drafting, re-thinking, editing, reconceptualizing. | Students have the opportunity to submit early drafts for comment. |
Convention Knowledge | Uses appropriate conventions for documentation and for surface features such as syntax, grammar, usage, punctuation, and spelling. | Students must write well in conventional English. |
Source:
Adapted from Western Washington University's Learning Outcomes for Writing II.