Assessment Rubrics
Summary of Skills Assessment
For Philosophy/Classics students:
1. Critical Thinking –ability to analyze, reflect, provide effective counter-arguments
(advocatus diabolic), and synthesize arguments, claims, evidence, et al.
2. Creative Thinking – ability to create/construct engaging, original treatments of
any issue, argument, position, propositions, et al.
3. Inquiry – the ability to work independently, plan independently, deeply care about
your topic, follow a wholly original path of study et al.
4. Understanding content
5. Demonstrating knowledge
6. Original Interpretation
7. Exemplary Writing
1. Critical Thinking –ability to analyze, reflect, provide effective counter-arguments
(advocatus diabolic), and synthesize arguments, claims, evidence, et al.
2. Creative Thinking – ability to create/construct engaging, original treatments of
any issue, argument, position, propositions, et al.
3. Inquiry – the ability to work independently, plan independently, deeply care about
your topic, follow a wholly original path of study et al.
4. Understanding content
5. Demonstrating knowledge
6. Original Interpretation
7. Exemplary Writing
For History students:
1. Critical Thinking –establishing historical significance, using primary source evidence, identifying continuity and change, analyze cause and consequence, take historical perspectives, and understand the ethical dimension of historical interpretations). The actual measure of any or all of these skills are variable.
2. Creative Thinking – ability to create/construct engaging, original treatments of any
issue, argument, position, propositions, et al.
3. Understanding content and demonstrating knowledge.
4. Historical Empathy: showing some care about why history is important.
5. Independent Inquiry
6. Exemplary Writing
1. Critical Thinking –establishing historical significance, using primary source evidence, identifying continuity and change, analyze cause and consequence, take historical perspectives, and understand the ethical dimension of historical interpretations). The actual measure of any or all of these skills are variable.
2. Creative Thinking – ability to create/construct engaging, original treatments of any
issue, argument, position, propositions, et al.
3. Understanding content and demonstrating knowledge.
4. Historical Empathy: showing some care about why history is important.
5. Independent Inquiry
6. Exemplary Writing