Critical Thinking - Assessment - Christopher Newport University

Assessment

Critical Thinking

We define Creative Thinking as the ability to subject one’s own and others’ ideas, arguments, assumptions and evidence to careful and logical scrutiny in order to make an informed judgment, draw a sound conclusion or solve a problem.

What we expect our students to learn

Students will be able to recognize formally valid forms of argument.

Sample: Who are we looking at?

200 randomly selected students with senior status, who took the CLA+ during their freshman year.

Measures: How are we rating their performance?

This Learning Outcome is measured through the Critical Reading and Evaluation (CRE) subsection of the CLA+.

Targets: What score did we expect?

Percentages of scores expected on the CRE subsections.

 SQR Levels CRE Subsection Targets
Level 1 90% of students will score 500 (or above)
Level 2 45% of students will score 600 (or above)
Level 3 10% of students will score 700 (or above)

Findings: What score did our students earn?
 SQR Levels CRE Subsection Findings
Level 1 79.5% of students scored 500 (or above)
Level 2 32.5% of students scored 600 (or above)
Level 3 1.7% of students scored 700 (or above)

Action plans to address missed Learning Outcome #1 targets will be coming soon.

Students will demonstrate the ability to detect logical fallacies.

Sample: Who are we looking at?

200 randomly selected students with senior status, who took the CLA+ during their freshman year.

Measure: How are we rating their performance?

TThis Learning Outcome is measured through the following subsections of the CLA+:

  1. Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning (SQR)
  2. Critiquing and Argument (CA)
Target: What score did we expect?

Percentages of scores expected on the SQR subsections

  SQR Subsection Targets CA Subsections Targets
Level 1 90% of students will score 500 (or above) 85% of students will score 500 (or above)
Level 2 50% of students will score 600 (or above) 40% of students will score 600 (or above)
Level 3 10% of students will score 700 (or above) 10% of students will score 700 (or above)
Findings: What score did our students earn?
  SQR Subsection Findings CA Subsections  Findings
Level 1 88% of students will score 500 (or above) 77.8% of students scored 500 (or above)
Level 2 51.3% of students will score 600 (or above) 24.8% of students scored 600 (or above)
Level 3 9.4% of students will score 700 (or above) 0.9% of students scored 700 (or above)
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