Browse CATs by instructional goals
What do you want your students to learn?
Higher-order thinking skills
- Develop ability to apply principles and generalizations already learned to new problems and situations
- Develop analytic skills
- Develop problem-solving skills
- Develop ability to draw reasonable inferences from observations
- Develop ability to synthesize and integrate information and ideas
- Develop ability to think holistically: to see the whole as well as the parts
- Develop ability to think creatively
- Develop ability to distinguish between fact and opinion
Basic academic success skills
Discipline-specific knowledge and skills
- Learn terms and facts of this subject
- Learn concepts and theories in this subject
- Develop skill in using materials, tools, and/or technology central to this subject
- Learn to understand perspectives and values of this subject
- Prepare for transfer or graduate study
- Learn techniques and methods used to gain new knowledge in this subject
- Learn to evaluate methods and materials in this subject
- Learn to appreciate important contributions to this subject
Liberal Arts and academic values
- Develop an appreciation of the liberal arts and sciences
- Develop an openness to new ideas
- Develop an informed concern about contemporary social issues
- Develop a commitment to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
- Develop a lifelong love of learning
- Develop aesthetic appreciations
- Develop an informed historical perspective
- Develop an informed understanding of the role of science and technology
- Develop an informed appreciation of other cultures
- Develop capacity to make informed ethical choices
Work and career preparation
- Develop ability to work productively with others
- Develop management skills
- Develop leadership skills
- Develop a commitment to accurate work
- Improve ability to follow directions
- Improve ability to organize and use time effectively
- Develop a commitment to personal achievement
- Develop ability to perform skillfully
Personal development
- Improve self-esteem/self-confidence
- Develop respect for others
- Cultivate emotional health and well-being
- Cultivate an active commitment to honesty
- Develop capacity to make wise decisions
- Cultivate a sense of responsibility for one's own behavior
- Develop a commitment to one's own values
- Develop capacity to think for one's self
