CH05: Student Learning Objectives
Writing Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes are more precise that objectives, which are even more specific than goals for students. Learning outcomes describe how knowledge, skills, and dispositions expected of students are acquired. Additionally, they describe the ways in which students will demonstrate these competencies, as well as the criteria of for evaluating student success. Learning outcomes imply standards for assessment, meaning that there are rubrics to for assessing this achievement.
The above worksheet depicts an in-class exercise in which the “objective;” “learning outcome;” and “measures” for typical Design course are observed. Below is a sample worksheet that shows an examples of each category:
