Overview
As mentioned on the Basics Page, the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is a proposal of activity that a college creates to enhance its effectiveness as an educational institution. To simplify this process and aid in goal attainment, the college usually limits its focus to one or two "topics". Based on feedback from college stakeholders, the college selected "Improving Critical Thinking" as the Quality Enhancement Plan topic. The goal of the QEP for NSCC is therefore to adopt a suitable definition for critical thinking, determine how to best implement this skill with our student body, and develop assessment tools to determine if we have succeeded.
Download The Plan & Associated Documents
The Plan, its Bibliography, and a critical thinking grading rubric can be downloaded from the following links. The Plan outlines our approach to teaching and assessing Critical Thinking. The Bibliography lists the sources our committee used when developing the plan. The rubric outlines those characteristics that faculty will use when grading students on their mastery of critical thinking skills.
QEP Plan pdf doc [revised March 2008]
QEP Bibliography pdf
QEP Grading Rubric (Black & White Version) pdf
QEP Grading Rubric (Color Version) pdf
QEP Quiz
Test your understanding by taking our QEP Quiz
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