Student Learning Outcomes Texas Integrated Reading/Writing (IRW)

Integration of critical reading and academic writing skills. The course fulfills TSI requirements for reading and/or writing.

Approval Number ........................................................................................ 32.0108.59 12

CIP Area ................................................................ Reading, Literacy, and Communication

maximum SCH per student ............................................................................................. 9

Maximum SCH per course .............................................................................................. 4

maximum contact hours per course .............................................................................. 96

Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will:

1. Locate explicit textual information, draw complex inferences, and describe, analyze, and evaluate the information within and across multiple texts of varying lengths. (critical reading)

2. Comprehend and use vocabulary effectively in oral communication, reading, and writing. (vocabulry devlopment)

3. Identify and analyze the audience, purpose, and message across a variety of texts. (text analysis)

4. Describe and apply insights gained from reading and writing a variety of texts. (critical thinking)

5. Compose a variety of texts that demonstrate reading comprehension, clear focus, logical development of ideas, and use of appropriate language that advance the writer’s purpose. (IRW/critical thinking)

6. Determine and use effective approaches and rhetorical strategies for given reading and writing situations. (Rhetorical analysis/critical thinking)

7. Generate ideas and gather information relevant to the topic and purpose, incorporating the ideas and words of other writers in student writing using established strategies. (Integrating reading and writing)

8. Evaluate relevance and quality of ideas and information in recognizing, formulating, and developing a claim. (text analysis/critical thinking)

9. Develop and use effective reading and revision strategies to strengthen the writer’s ability to compose college-level writing assignments. (text analysis/composing)

10. Recognize and apply the conventions of standard English in reading and writing. (text analysis/revision and editing)

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From the Virginia Community College System: "Assessments and Resources for Teaching Reading and Writing Together"