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• Welcome
• Students!
• Aiken Technical Colleges
• Quality Enhancement Plan

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• What is a Quality Enhancement Plan?
• What is ATCs QEP?

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• Quality Enhancement Plan
• A carefully designed course of action that
  addresses a well-defined and focused topic or
  issue related to measurably enhancing student
  learning outcomes.
• In short, a plan to help you succeed in the
  classroom and life.
• So what is ATCs QEP Topic?!

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• Critical Thinking THINK!

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• ATCs Definition of Critical Thinking
• Critical thinking is the open-minded, deliberate,
  dynamic, and reflective process of collecting,
  analyzing, evaluating, and applying information
  in order to reach a reasonable position,
  decision, and/or plan of action.

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If you didnt like our definition

• Critical Thinking is thinking about how you think
  in order to make your thinking better.
• Critical Thinking is problem solving.
• Critical Thinking is thinking outside the box for
  alternative solutions to lifes problems.
• so what do your instructors want you to be able
  to do as a result of ATCs Think! QEP?
  (with some visual examples of what NOT
  to do.)

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• Student Learning Outcomes
• The student will be able to
• IDENTIFY key issues, questions, themes, or points
  of view.

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• The student will be able to
• Collect information related to an issue,
  question, theme, or point of view.

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• The student will be able to
• Analyze information to distinguish key points
  relevant to an issue, question, theme, or point
  of view.

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• The student will be able to
• Develop a logical position, decision, or plan of
  action, based on the application of relevant
  information.

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• The student will be able to
• 5. Evaluate a well-reasoned position, decision,
  or plan of action, based on relevant criteria.

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