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General Education Outcome #3: Students will demonstrate knowledge and application ofmathematical and scientific principles and methods.A. Students will be able to identify relevant numerical information in mathematical or otherconcepts; apply mathematical and/or basic statistical reasoning to analyze data and graphs;represent and evaluate basic mathematical information verbally, numerically, graphically, andsymbolically; propose and evaluate solutions; and apply mathematical concepts to the solutionof real-life problems.B. Students will be able to explain a scientific or biological idea by providing accurate facts; gatherand critically evaluate data using the scientific method; analyze and apply scientific data,concepts, and models; evaluate and test a scientific hypothesis; and apply selected naturalscience concepts and theories to contemporary issues.General Education Outcome #4: Students will demonstrate the ability to find, evaluate, organize, anduse information.A. Students will be able to locate and collect sufficient and accurate information necessary to solvea problem or support an argument, organize information, demonstrate an understanding ofsources and types of information, and analyze information and sources critically to determine itsquality and utility.B. Students will recognize the need for information, identify potential sources with or withouttechnology, understand that accurate and complete information is the basis for intelligentdecision making, and use information ethically and legally.General Education Outcome #5: Prepare students to participate actively as informed and responsiblecitizens in social, cultural, global and environmental matters.A. Students will be able to describe the cultural forces affecting the traditions of visual and auditoryarts, social and historical events in western and nonwestern societies; and explain howinternational cultures, societies, political economics, and the environment relate to complex,modern world systems.B. Students will be able to demonstrate a mature perspective of cultural diversity, explain thecomplexity of their own cultural identities, and appreciate their own roles as members of theglobal community.Current Process of General Education Outcomes AssessmentThe process for, and importance of, college-wide general education outcomes assessment was developedwith all faculty and staff over approximately a five-year period. As described earlier, numerousconsultations and workshops were held college-wide. The evolution of the current model took the workof many faculty and administrative groups over several years to get to a point of a basic sharedperspective. All faculty and staff were further informed of the importance and process during SFCC’sannual “Welcome Back” activities in August 2009 and reinforced in other departmental, division, andcollege professional development activities.Faculty selected as participants in general education outcomes assessment in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010submitted a completed Part I of the General Education Assessment Results form, along with arepresentative sample of a student artifact and copies of rubric(s) used. Initially, General EducationAssessment Results forms were submitted in hard copy or electronic (word processed) form. In spring2010 a new database was created, allowing faculty to enter their assessment data directly into it. TheSouth Florida Community College Page 121 / 202database streamlined the process of data entry, allowed electronic copies to be saved/printed/emailedeasily, and facilitated retrieval of reports based on the data. The college-wide rubrics, a description ofthe information to be included in each section of the General Education Assessment Results form,