Campus Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes

Course Level

Type of assignment

Problems

100

Thesis statements, DBQs, book report / chapter summary, final paper, take-home essays, paragraph responses, lab reports, quizzes, in-class essay exam, compositions, journals, daily short essays, clinical case study, short family history

Grammar, syntax, spelling, organization, lack of clarity, can’t footnote, no writing experience, run-ons, following instructions, punctuation, word choice, not using 3rd person, paragraph structure, logic, mechanics, vocabulary, insufficient focus, slang, apostrophes for everything, coherency, no evidence to support argument, clumsy

200

Short papers, essay exams, journals, lab reports, critical responses, review paper (w / references), take-home exams, term paper, reflection / synthesis paper, media journal, article review, group project reports, research paper

Grammar, run-ons, citations, coherence, unity, clumsy, structural errors, format, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, clarity, flow, logic, sense, word choice, sentence structure

300

Reading responses, essays, research critique, short book report / chapter summary, journals, research papers, lab reports, in-class presentations, weekly responses, position papers, take-home essay exam, compositions, advanced literary analysis, bibliographic essays, production reviews

Weak thesis statements, problems with source material, lack of organization, sentence fragments, run-ons, basic grammar, spelling, typos, proofreading, problem developing ideas / providing arguments, sentence structure, subject / verb agreement, passive voice, limited analysis

400

Reading responses, research essays, exam essays, current issue papers, review of literature, case studies, journal critiques, group term project, compositions, seminar paper, bibliographic essay, synthesis paper, clinical journals, formal lab reports, grant proposals, production reviews

Weak thesis statements, problems with source material, lack of organization, design / organization, subject / verb agreement, absence of complexity, plagiarism, passive voice, transitions, complete sentences,