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1.3: Learning Outcomes

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    The content, assignments, and assessments for Basic Reading and Writing are aligned to the learning outcomes below. Click here for a more detailed list of outcomes.

    Chapter 1: Success Skills

    Define and evaluate college success skills

    • Identify and practice habits for success
    • Identify and apply critical thinking skills
    • Analyze time management practices
    • Define successful approaches toward college-level writing tasks
    • Apply word-processing skills to college writing tasks

    Module 2: Critical Reading

    Identify critical reading strategies

    • Identify and differentiate between different types of texts
    • Identify reading strategies for academic texts
    • Identify specialized reading strategies for specific types of texts, including content in disciplines and visual information
    • Identify techniques for strengthening vocabulary
    • Identify thesis statements in texts
    • Identify supporting claims in texts
    • Identify logic and structure in texts
    • Identify summary strategies for reading comprehension

    Module 3: Writing Process

    Approach writing as a “process”

    • Identify topic selection activities
    • Identify prewriting activities
    • Identify activities to find evidence in support of a claim
    • Identify essay organizational techniques
    • Identify drafting activities
    • Identify revision activities
    • Identify proofreading activities

    Module 4: Research Process

    Identify the components of the research process

    • Identify preliminary, intermediate, and advanced search techniques
    • Identify methods of analysis to assess the quality and reliability of a source
    • Identify issues of plagiarism and academic dishonesty
    • Identify MLA document formatting and citation practices

    Module 5: Grammar

    Identify patterns of academic grammar and usage

    • Identify the function of nouns and different noun types
    • Identify the function and structure of pronouns
    • Identify verb types and their correction conjugation
    • Identify adjectives, adverbs, and the differences between the two
    • Identify the function other parts of speech, including conjunctions, prepositions, and articles
    • Identify common punctuation marks and the rules for their correct usage
    • Identify common sentence types and common errors in sentence composition
    • Identify the active and passive voices, as well as the reasons to use both
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