Developing Lesson Plans for General Education Learning Outcomes Assessment
This page follows a presentation/round-table that I led at the 2018 NISOD conference in Austin, TX (Introduction to Psychology: A General Education Learning Outcomes Assessment Juggernaut). The focus of that session was on identifying the ways in which we can design assignments within courses, such as Introduction to Psychology, to meet the primilinary, general-education, instructional needs of students early in their college careers.
Below are links to lesson plans that I have designed to meet specific general-education learning outcomes based on the VALUE Rubrics published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
These are always "works in process" and are not perfect. Some are clearly still under development.
- 01 - Inquiry and Analysis
- 02 - Critical Thinking
- 01 - Comparing Different Theories for the Same Phenomena
- 02 - Local Politics (Sociology)
- 03 - AA and Controlled Drinking (Mental Health)
- 03 - Creative Thinking
- 01 - Experimental Design
- 02 - Public Service Announcement Presentation (Mental Health)
- 04 - Written Communication
- 05 - Oral Communication
- 01 - Oral Presentations and Stage Freight
- 02 - Article Presentation
- 06 - Reading
- 01 - Reading Articles Intended for a Different Audience
- 02 - Analysis of a Poem
- 07 - Quantitative Literacy
- 08 - Information Literacy
- 01 - Comparing Sources
- 09 - Teamwork
- 10 - Problem Solving
- 11 - Civic Engagement
- 12 - Intercultural Kowledge and Competence
- 01 - Psychology from Other Cultures and Countries
- 02 - Cultural Dimensions of Pregnancy
- 03 - The Culture of Homelessness (Mental Health)
- 13 - Ethical Reasoning
- 01 - History of Experimental Psychology
- 14 - Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning
- 01 - Learning and Memory Techniques
- 15 - Global Learning
- 01 - Nature Conservation and Behavior
- 16 - Integrative Learning