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In 2002, the College identified Critical Thinking as the core general education learning outcome. (See PVCC's definition of Critical Thinking abilities below.) To begin the assessment of Critical Thinking, the College identified four main supporting learning outcomes. They are Communication (Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing), Information Literacy, Problem Solving, and Technology.
The following five rubrics were developed to begin the college-wide assessment of the supporting learning outcomes. - Information Literacy
- Oral Communications
- Problem Solving
- Technology
- Written Communications
You can find information on using these rubrics under the tabs to the right. Each opening page contains the corresponding learning outcomes and provides additional links to the rubrics and other forms, sample assessments, assessment results, and contacts.
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| Critical Thinking is exhibited by the ability to: |
- respond to material by distinguishing between facts and opinions, judgments and inferences, inductive and deductive arguments, and the objective and
subjective;
- generate questions, construct and recognize the structure of arguments, and adequately support arguments;
- define, analyze, and devise solutions for problems and issues;
- collect, organize, classify, correlate, analyze and present materials and data;
- integrate information and identify relationships; and
- evaluate information, materials, and numerical and/or graphical data by drawing inferences, arriving at reasonable and informed conclusions, applying
understanding and knowledge to new and different problems, developing rational and reasonable interpretations, suspending beliefs and remaining open to new
information, methods, cultural systems, values and beliefs and by assimilating information.
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