Learning Objectives & Assessments
The following chart outlines the learning objectives for the course--the first three of which are directly linked to the American Academy of Colleges & Universities' learning outcomes for critical thinking--and that form of assessments that will be used to measure the student outcomes in relation to these objectives.
After attentively engaging with course materials, a student should be able to: |
This will be assessed by: |
(1a) clearly describe the three elements of practice, its social web and the reflection of individuals who practice, and the way that these three interact in all forms of human culture. |
a Team Readiness Assessment (TRA) at the start of each unit & framing of details in three Practice Instructions Project |
(1b) effectively answer basic questions regarding key events, people, their roles & relationships, locales, times, objects, and words recited, spoken and used for inward reflection associated with selected practices of late medieval
& modern Asia, as reflected in assigned historical records of such practice. |
multiple choice questions in the End-of-Unit Challenge and in the final End-of-Term Challenge. |
(1c) locate reliable scholarly sources that address aspects
of Asian culture not yet understood, and extract relevant details from those sources. |
questions about terms from online Encyclopedia Britannica for End-of-Unit Challenges and attention to such terms in Practice Instructions Project annotations |
(2) select relevant information from assigned historical records of past Asian practices, in order to gather evidence of the mutual influence between a given practice, its social web, and reflection by participants |
Application Exercises in each unit and annotation of sources for three Practice Instructions Project |
(3a) use this evidence to identify adaptations that could be made to similar contemporary practices in order to strengthen the relationship between a given practice, its social web, and reflection by participants. |
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(3b) articulate the rationale for those adaptations, compared to other less effective ones that could be made. |
the team activity portion of each End-of-Unit Challenge |
(4) effectively communicate with others while
refining the skills listed in #1-3. |
a Peer Evaluation rating each student's contribution to their team. |
(5a) appreciate the emotional impact and
intellectual fascination of Asian culture. |
observing student participation throughout the course. |
(5b) continue to investigate, as modeled throughout
the course, the culture of the people encountered throughout
life. |
the team activity portion of the End-of-Term Challenge. |
Full Description |
Learning Objectives |
Assigned Sources |
Assignment Overview |
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Schedule of Readings |