Appendix C18

Middle States Outcomes Assessment 1999

Department or Program: Philosophy

Goals

Identify and evaluate the main arguments of a philosophical essay which has not been previously confronted

Identify and evaluate the main arguments of a newspaper or magazine article they have not previously confronted

Compose an acceptable persuasive essay.

Did the Writer:

A. address all parts of the question?

B. Reflect accurately any outside material to which they preferred?

C. Exhibit originality in critical skills

D. Grammatical Grammatically correct paragraphs

E. Eliminate irrelevant information

F. Awareness of other viewpoints other than their own?

G. Adequate aesthetic quality

G. Use examples, arguments, evidence etc?

G.C.P. Correlation

IB- Written Expression

ID- Oral Expression

IIB- Humanities

IIIA & B - International & Interdisciplinary studies

Means of Assessment

A. Senior year, must identify and evaluate the main arguments of an excerpt not

previously evaluated by them from a book and a newspaper.

B. Compose 2 persuasive essays to be evaluated by 2 members of the department.

C. Philosophy Department Assessment Survey

Outcomes

3 of the 4 '98 graduating seniors have returned the survey. We are waiting to see what the results are until after the last survey is returned.

Uses