Outcomes, Rubrics, and Results | Student Learning Outcomes Assessment | RIT

Educational Effectiveness Assessment

After highly collaborative and extensive reviews, RIT developed sixteen General Education Student Learning Outcomes aligned to the General Education Framework. Each of RIT’s General Education Student Learning Outcomes has a corresponding rubric. Rubrics were developed by RIT Faculty Teams. All rubrics have been piloted once and some have undergone revision based on feedback from faculty who conducted the assessment.

Communication

Effective Written Expression

Express oneself effectively in common college-level written forms

Revise and improve written products

Effective presentations

Express oneself effectively in presentations, either in American English or American Sign Language

Demonstrate reading comprehension

Demonstrate comprehension of information and ideas accessed through reading

Critical Thinking

Use relevant evidence

Use relevant evidence gathered through accepted scholarly methods and properly acknowledge sources of information

Analyze or construct arguments

Analyze or construct arguments considering their premises, assumptions, contexts, and conclusions, and anticipating counterarguments

Reach sound conclusions

Reach sound conclusions based on logical analysis of evidence

Demonstrate creative or innovative approaches

Demonstrate creative or innovative approaches to assignments or projects

Perspectives

Identify contemporary ethical questions

Ethical: Identify contemporary ethical questions and relevant positions

Interpret and evaluate artistic expression

Artistic: Interpret and evaluate artistic expression considering the cultural context in which it was created

Examine connections

Global: Examine connections among the world’s populations

Analyze similarities and differences

Social: Analyze similarities and differences in human social experiences and evaluate the consequences

Natural Science Inquiry

Natural Science Inquiry: Demonstrate knowledge of basic principles and concepts of one of the natural sciences

Apply methods of scientific inquiry

Scientific Principles: Apply methods of scientific inquiry and problem solving to contemporary issues and scientific questions

$Comprehend and evaluate$

Mathematical: Comprehend and evaluate mathematical or statistical information

$Perform college-level mathematical operations$

Mathematical: Perform college-level mathematical operations or apply statistical techniques