Areas of Focus with Learning Outcomes (November 10, 2011) At the
11/10 meeting, we agreed to focus on the items in bold. 1.
Communicate effectively in written and oral forms - (ideas)
Students will demonstrate satisfactory knowledge of the varying
strategies to convey arguments, main ideas and support/evidence
- (organization) Students will demonstrate satisfactory
knowledge of the varying patterns of composition, organization,
and development - (appropriate writer’s voice) Students will
demonstrate satisfactory knowledge of appropriate voice, tone,
and rhetorical strategies for a specified audience - (process)
Students will demonstrate satisfactory knowledge of the writing
process - [Oral outcomes based on speaking intensive outcomes]
2. Evaluate critically academic and non-academic material -
Students will be able to synthesize and analyze information from
sources to develop a coherent position - Students will be able
to identify competing positions, supporting premises, and
background assumptions of argume