Learning

At UW-Madison, we support the Wisconsin Experience through a series of Essential Learning Outcomes. Not every course addresses every learning outcome, but we strive to frame our course assignments and assessments in terms of these learning outcomes when possible. This table lists the general assessment criteria for the five assignments for this course and demonstrates how they relate to the Essential Learning Outcomes.

Essential Learning Outcomes for UW-Madison Students	Assignments with Assessment Criteria
	Reading, Speaking, and Writing Assignments	Online and Multimedia Assignments	Exams and Quizzes
Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World Study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts	How well does performance on written and oral assignments demonstrate understanding of these concepts from readings and lecture?	How well does performance on online and multimedia assignments  demonstrate understanding of these concepts from readings and lecture?	How well does performance on exams and quizzzes demonstrate understanding of these concepts from readings and lecture?
Intellectual and Practical Skills Inquiry and analysis Critical and creative thinking Written and oral communication Quantitative literacy Information, media, and technology literacy Teamwork and problem solving	How well does performance on written and oral assignments demonstrate written and oral communiation skills?	How well does performance on online and multimedia assignments  demonstrate information, media, and technology literacy?	How well does performance on exams and quizzzes demonstrate critical and creative thinking?
Personal and Social Responsibility Civic knowledge and engagement— local and global Intercultural knowledge and competence Ethical reasoning and action Foundations and skills for lifelong learning		How well does performance on online assignments  demonstrate civic knowledge and engagement?
Integrative Learning Synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized studies		How well does performance on multimedia assignment  demonstrate synthesis of ideas?	How well does performance on exams demonstrate synthesis of ideas?