Deanship of Academic Affairs
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

Mission

To coordinate and institutionalize student learning assessment efforts through the integration and implementation of the Evaluation of the Student Learning Plan of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.

To provide support services to coordinators of the assessment program about the selection of suitable quantitative and qualitative instruments and the disclosure of assessment results within the campus.

Institution's Mission

Institution's Mission

lunes, 10 de octubre de 2011

Workshop: How to Develop Rubrics to Assess Critical Thinking




The UPR-RP defines Critical Thinking as a "thinking skill that enables the student to analyze and interpret the object of study, by judging, criticizing and analyzing the diverse perspectives in a thorough and constructive way, aiming towards the development of their own criteria".

As a way to 
strengthen general education and implementation of a documented assessment process for critical analysis and reasoning (November 18th, 2010 - MSCHE's Public Disclusure Statement, UPR-RP), the OEAE has recommended that undergraduate programs keep assessing students' critical thinking skills in order to develop a series of measures across our Campus to improve it. One way to enhance the assessment of these skills is to develop effective instruments to assess them. 


To advance the assessment of students' critical thinking skills by developing effective instruments to assess them, the Center for Academic Excelence (CEA) in coordination with the Office of Evaluation of Student Learning programmed the following workshop:


Title: How to Develop Rubrics to Assess Critical Thinking


Speakers: 
Prof. Nadia Cordero (OEAE's Coordinator) Prof. Julio Rodríguez (College of Education and OEAE's former coordinator)

Date: Friday October 21th, 2011


Time: 8:30am - 12:00m


Place: Hall CN 339, College of Natural Science - Fase I (first structure, closest to the parking space)



Click here to access the presentation.

The Educator: the Journal of Education - Exclusive interview with the Foundation for Critical Thinking (Spanish Journal - Lima, Peru) 


AACU Critical Thinking Analytic Rubric


Facione & Facione Critical Thinking Holistic Rubric


Critical Thinking Rubrics compile by the OEAE - Part I


Critical Thinking Rubrics compile by the OEAE - Part II

We hope to greet you personally on this occasion.


-The OEAE



P.S. (10-24-2011): We would like to share with the UPR-RP community the definition of critical thinking that a group of graduate students develop as part of the workshop: "the ability that person has to deepen on a specific topic, using original ideas and questioning a corpus of preexisting notions with the purpose of organizing a coherent argument"

Workshop: Assessing Student's Research Papers


Often professors across our Campus come to our Office seeking assistance to assess students' research papers. They are most interested in pinpointing students's strengths and areas for improvement in order to improve their teaching strategies and therefore students learning. Since the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus is considered by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as an Institution of Higher Education with high research activity, we should continue to provide a variety of experiences for students to improve their research skills.

To advance the assessment of students research/scientific reasoning skills, the Center for Academic Excelence (CEA) in coordination with the Office of Evaluation of Student Learning programmed the following workshop:

Title: Assessing Student's Research Papers

Speakers:
Prof. Nadia Cordero (OEAE's Coordinator)
Prof. Julio Rodríguez (College of Education and OEAE's former coordinator)

Date: Friday October 14th, 2011

Time: 8:30am - 12:00m

Place: Hall CN 338, College of Natural Science - Fase I (first structure, closest to the parking space)

Click here to access the presentation.

We hope to greet you personally on this occasion.

-The OEAE

Avoiding Plagiarism: A Professors' Guide



The Center for Academic Excellence offered a workshop titled Strategies and Recomendations for Avoiding Plagiarism: A Professors' Guide on October 7, 2011 from 9:00 to 12:00 a.m. at the Amphitheater 3 of the School of Education. The aim of this workshop was to guide professors in various issues related to plagiarism such as: what it is, how to detect it, how to prevent it, and how to deal with it in the academic environment.

The following link allows you to look at the Professors' Guide. This guide clarifies concepts and offers recommendations and various solutions to deal with plagiarim effectively.

Plagio en La Academia: Guía Para Los Profesores


martes, 4 de octubre de 2011

Presentation to Academic Associate Deans and Assitant Deans of Student Affairs - October 4

The interim Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Noemí Cintrón, invited Prof. Nadia Cordero to the monthly meeting of the Associate Academic Deans and Assitant Deans of Student Affairs to talk about the ongoing student learning process at our Campus.
To access Prof. Cordero’s presentation click here.
If you need our support or advice in order to advance the assessment of student learning process in your Program, Department, School or College in the UPR-RP Campus give us a call at (787) 764-0000, ext. 85011-14 or email us at oeaeupr@gmail.com
We hope you enjoy the presentation.