{"id":1982,"date":"2017-09-28T13:39:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T20:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/?page_id=1982"},"modified":"2024-11-27T12:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T20:02:25","slug":"scientific-literacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/assessments-by-learning-goal\/scientific-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scientific Literacy<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p><strong><em>UCORE courses require students to demonstrate designator learning outcomes that advance <a href=\"https:\/\/daesa.wsu.edu\/undergraduate-learning-goals\/#scientific-literacy\">WSU&#8217;s Scientific Literacy Learning Goal<\/a> as appropriate to the designator, with a minimum of four credit hours in UCORE-designated courses that include instruction and\/or engagement with Scientific Literacy (see the&nbsp;<a href=\"\/assessment\/documents\/2017\/04\/map_ucore-requirements-and-7-learning-goals.pdf\">UCORE Curriculum Map (PDF)<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"\/faculty\/the-ucore-curriculum\/\">UCORE Curriculum webpages<\/a>). <\/em><\/strong>Students complete at least one Inquiry in the Biological Sciences course [BSCI] or Inquiry in the Physical Sciences course [PSCI], which advances Scientific Literacy, during the UCORE curriculum. At the senior-level, Scientific Literacy may be required in the senior capstone experience course [CAPS] as appropriate to the course and discipline. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: Announced in May 2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/2022\/05\/03\/ucore-committee-approves-revised-student-learning-outcomes\/\">revised designator learning outcomes<\/a>&nbsp;were approved by the UCORE Committee to help clarify what students, regardless of major, should be able to know and do upon the successful completion of a course in that designator. Additionally, effective Fall 2023,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/2022\/10\/18\/wsu-adds-equity-and-justice-designation-to-general-education-curriculum\/\">UCORE added the [EQJS] designator<\/a>&nbsp;to the \u201cWays of Knowing\u201d component of the curriculum, with the requirement that students complete courses in at least six of the seven Ways of Knowing designators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Evidence of Student Learning Related to Scientific Literacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--small\"><em>Click on the heading for current evidence of student learning from key assessments associated with Scientific Literacy in the context of the UCORE curriculum:<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__18349\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Capstone [CAPS] Assessment for UCORE<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__18349\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2025\/09\/08\/student-achievement-of-caps-designator-learning-outcomes-ay-2024-25-caps-assessment-results\/\">Student Achievement of [CAPS] Designator Learning Outcomes: AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the\u00a0AY 2024-25 [CAPS] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that\u00a087% of students met or exceeded expectations at the graduating undergraduate level\u00a0on the designator learning outcome associated with\u00a0Integrative Learning. Additionally,\u00a084%\u00a0of students met or exceeded expectations for\u00a0Information Literacy. In courses where instructors evaluated student learning on additional applicable learning [&hellip;]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__76496\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Scientific Inquiry [BSCI]\/[PSCI]\u00a0Assessment<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__76496\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list mw--80ch\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucore.wsu.edu\/assessment\/2024\/11\/27\/assessing-student-learning-in-scientific-inquiry-courses-ay-2023-24-bsci-psci-assessment-results\/\">Assessing Student Learning in Scientific Inquiry Courses: AY 2023-24 [BSCI]\/[PSCI] Assessment Results<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs reported in the&nbsp;AY 2023-24 [BSCI]\/[PSCI] Assessment Summary of Key Evidence for UCORE (PDF), assessment results indicated that that&nbsp;72% of students met or exceeded expectations&nbsp;on the designator learning outcomes associated with&nbsp;Scientific Literacy. Additionally,&nbsp;66%&nbsp;of students met or exceeded expectations for&nbsp;Quantitative Reasoning,&nbsp;69%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Critical Thinking,&nbsp;67%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Information Literacy,&nbsp;69%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Written Communication, and&nbsp;71%&nbsp;for&nbsp;Breadth of Learning. 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