Graphic Communications Program at TMCC

Performance-based Instruction

Performance-based instruction offers many advantages:

1. What you will learn is based on the skills you will need rather than on outlines of information.
2. You can plan how to invest your time and energy. To help you do that, we tell you right up front what you will learn, how we expect you to show when you have learned, and how you may go about learning.
3. You know the standards for evaluation before the performance test. You earn a grade according to how well you perform the skills rather than according to how well others in the class perform. You are not graded on a curve.
4. You are actively involved in the learning. We design learning activities and assignments that teach you to solve problems and to learn on your own.
5. When you complete a learning experience, you have documentation showing the skills you have learned. You can use this information when you seek employment, admission to further education, advanced standing or transfer of credit.