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Quality Enhancement Plan

Goal and Outcomes

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QEP Goal

The overarching goal of the QEP will be to improve academic performance in gateway science courses. ÃÛ½ÛÖ±²¥ will monitor two measures to assess the overall success of the QEP goal:

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QEP Learning Objectives

The learning objectives for the QEP can be broken into two broad categories: critical thinking skills and discipline-specific knowledge. The student learning outcomes for critical thinking will align with those indicated by scores on the Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT). The QEP implementation committee developed a mnemonic to reflect the student learning outcomes for discipline-specific knoweldge:ÌýFormulate,Observe,ÌýCommunicate,ÌýUse, andÌýSynthesize. Together, these outcomes will demonstrate a development of critical thinking skills as well as content-specific knowledge.

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ÌýStudent Learning Outcomes for Critical Thinking (as defined by the CAT, (https://www.tntech.edu/cat/about/skills):

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Student Learning Outcomes for Content Knowledge:

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