Center for Instructional
Innovation and Assessment
INNOVATIVE TEACHING SHOWCASE
2011
2012
Fostering Leadership among Student Leaders
Listed below are selected learning outcomes in the areas of critical thinking and writing that Western Washington University is actively integrating into its curriculum. Each learning outcome is listed with its definition, along with a description of how Joseph Garcia's teaching strategies meet each of these student learning outcome goals.
Critical Thinking
| Learning Outcomes | Definition | Course Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| Identification | Accurately identifies and interprets evidence. | Students successfully identify and apply key areas of course content in standard course examinations. |
| Alternative Consideration | Considers major alternative points of view. | Students compare, contrast, and make connections between leadership theory and the experience of their professional mentor in a written essay. |
| Accurate Conclusions | Draws warranted, judicious, non-fallacious conclusions. | |
| Justification | Justifies key results and procedures, and explains assumptions and reasons. |
Source: Adapted from the California Academic Press's Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric (HCTSR).
Writing
| Learning Outcomes | Definition | Course Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| Rhetorical Knowledge | Focuses on a clear rhetorical purpose and responds appropriately to the needs of varied audiences and situations. | Students compose effective email communications addressing questions on leadership with their professional, and write a reasoned essay comparing and contrasting leadership theory with the experience of his or her professional. |
| Critical Analysis | Develops, examines, situates, and communicates a reasoned perspective clearly to others. | |
| Composing Processes | Understands writing as a recursive process that involves drafting, re-thinking, editing, reconceptualizing. | Is able to write emails to a professional that conform to accepted standards for professional writing. |
| Convention Knowledge | Uses appropriate conventions for documentation and for surface features such as syntax, grammar, usage, punctuation, and spelling. |
ISSN: 2374-9415
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