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Characteristics of Good Learning Outcomes
Definition: Learning outcomes are statements that articulate what students should know, value, or be able to do as a result of participating in your program.
| Good learning outcomes WILL: | Good learning outcomes WILL NOT: |
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Tip: Bloom's Taxonomy is a great source of action verbs for your LOs!
(Cathy Barrette, WSU Director of Assessment, presented on this information to LC Coordinators at a previous LC Coordinator Connection meeting. View her full PowerPoint presentation here.)
ABC's of Writing a Learning Outcome
To construct outcomes, you can follow the A-B-C and sometimes D formula:
- A: Audience- Who will be doing the behavior?
- B: Behavior- What should the learner be able to do?
- C: Condition- Under what conditions did you want the learner to do it?
- D: Degree- How well must it be done?
(Taken from the University of Illinois)
Additional Tips to Writing Learning Outcomes for Learning Communities
- How to write a Learning Outcome
- Literature on Interventions that really work and their effect on students
- Learn more about assessment in learning communities through the Washington Center
Reporting Your Results
What you do with your data is an essential part of the assessment cycle. Campuslabs offers a webinar for reporting.