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New Jersey City UniversityWilliam J. Maxwell College of Arts and SciencesAcademic Foundations ProgramOutcome Assessment Goals and Objectives
English: College Writing
Successful students will achieve competency in the writing of short (300 word) analytic essays as demonstrated by: o Analysis of issues o Coherent structure o Adherence to the conventions of standard written English (including grammar, mechanics, and usage). Mathematics: Basic Mathematics and Algebra for College Successful students will achieve competency in the area of general math as demonstrated by: o Computational skills involving operations and applications of whole numbers o Computational skills involving integers, fractions, and modeling real-life problems in algebraic form. o Computational skills involving the solving of linear equations, signed numbers, geometry, and statistics. Successful students will achieve competency in the area of algebra as demonstrated by: o Algebraic skills in simplifying and evaluating algebraic expressions, solving and graphing linear equations and inequalities o Algebraic skills in the properties of and operations on polynomials, roots and graphs o Algebraic skills in the graphs of quadratic functions and the formulating of word problems in algebraic forms and simplifying them. Literacy Education: Reading for College Successful students will achieve competency in the area of reading as demonstrated by: o Analysis of reading selections and written responses to them o Reflective statements that analyze demands of reading selections o Insight into their own literacy processing skills and to apply meta cognitive (self-monitoring) strategies to reading selections to facilitate comprehension o Acquisition and use of language processing strategies (e.g., identify new vocabulary, identify author’s point of view, identify signal words, identifying classification of information) o Identification and application of meaning-centered strategies which are applicable to cross-curricular content o Reading for information and pleasure |
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