GENERAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT What is it? How do we do it? How can you get involved?

General Education Assessment What is it? Why is it important?

General Education Are we giving our students the basics? General education should be occurring across the disciplines.

Assessment Can we measure whether we are giving students the basics? We need to be measuring across disciplines. We measure in order to make improvements.

How do we do it? Cohort students General education outcomes

Cohort Students Who are they? Career & non-career

Cohort Students (non-career) Any student who have completed 30 hours at Lewis & Clark including the following: – PSYC-131, or SOCI-131 – ENGL-131 – Any humanities course: ART, MUSI, LITT, HIST, OR PHIL – MATH-131, MATH-137, MATH-145, OR MATH- 171

Cohort Students (Career) Any student who has completed 30 hours at Lewis & Clark including the following: – PSYC-131, SOCI-131, ECON-151, or ECON-152 – ENGL-131 – ENGL-132, ENGL-141, ENGL-237, SPCH-131, SPCH-145, OR SPCH-151 – Any MATH-112 or above or any BIOL, CHEM, PSCH, PHYS

General Education Outcomes Communication (Writing & Speaking) Critical Thinking Mathematical Reasoning Social Relations Skills Global Awareness

Communication Effective skill in oral and written communication, including comprehending what others say. Components include reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

Critical Thinking Effective skill in articulating and evaluating arguments using both deductive and inductive reasoning, utilizing rudimentary principles of scientific method, and applying these skills to problem solving. Components include reasoning, and practical problem solving.

Mathematical Reasoning Effective skill in basic mathematical computation and comprehension of quantitative information, including application in a variety of situations. Components include number sense, statistics, and applied math.

Social Relations Skills Effective skill in self-understanding as evidenced by such traits as self-control, personal integrity and responsibility, and skill in associating with others as evidenced by such traits as tolerance, empathy, and awareness of common goals. Components include self-knowledge and knowledge of others.

Global Awareness Effective skill in identifying, appreciating, and describing the interdependencies and conflicts of the global community on national, regional, local, and/or personal levels. Components include: similarities, connections, and differences.

How can you get involved? Partner with a GEAC lead faculty member. Choose a course from the Excel cohort list. Apply a GenEd rubric to an embedded assessment. Collect data and report to lead faculty.

GEAC Membership Communications (Reading/Writing) – Jennifer Fuhler Communications (Speaking/Listening) – Jeff Harrison Critical Thinking – Gerald Mozur Mathematical Reasoning – Fred Sexton Social Relations – Steve Campbell Global Awareness – Peter Hussey GEAC Chair – Paula Kelso

Excel Cohort List Can only be accessed on campus Can sort by student, faculty member, or course Updated monthly Easy to find sections with cohort students

GenEd Rubrics General, easy to use Available from any GEAC member Can be applied to embedded assessment Copies available through the website

Embedded Assessments Choose an existing assignment You can still give your own grade using your own assessment technique GenEd rubric will be used to report data to GEAC Think outside of the box!