Student Learning Outcomes Self-Assessment

Name:
Date: Anticipated grade in the course:
Please mark the box by each outcome that best represents your level of achievement.
Learning Outcomes Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Deep
Partial Command of Sufficient Command of
Knowledge and Command of Knowledge and
Skills Knowledge and Skills
Skills
Reading Rhetorically Outcomes
1. I am able to cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what a text says
and implies.

2. I am able to analyze and evaluate the

effectiveness of the structure an author uses in
his or her exposition or argument.

3. I can analyze an authors assumptions and

appeals (e.g., ethos, pathos, and logos).

4. I can analyze the writers use of rhetorical

devices and strategies.

5. I understand key rhetorical concepts such as

audience, purpose, context, and genre through
analysis of texts.

Writing Rhetorically Outcomes

6. I can write reading-based arguments to
support claims in an analysis of substantive
topics or texts, using valid reasoning and
relevant and sufficient evidence.

7. I incorporate the texts of others effectively

and use documentation styles suitable to the
task, genre, and discipline.

8. I can edit for clarity and for standard written

English grammar, usage, and mechanics.

9. I am able to produce clear and coherent

writing in which the development, organization,
and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and
audience.

10. I have the ability to observe, evaluate, and

regulate my development as a reader and writer
of expository texts, including the identification
of areas needing further growth.
 Learning Outcomes Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates Deep
Partial Command of Sufficient Command of
Knowledge and Command of Knowledge and
Skills Knowledge and Skills
Skills
Listening and Speaking Rhetorically Outcome
11. I am able to initiate and participate
effectively in a range of collaborative
discussions with peers.
Habits of Mind Outcomes
12. I act as a motivated, self-directed learner.

13. I persist during difficult academic tasks.

14. I consider new ways of thinking and being; I

see other points of view.
15. I am able to critique my own and others
academic work.
16. I can reflect on my own learning and on the
processes that shape my knowledge.