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Student Learning Outcomes

The document defines student learning outcomes and provides recommendations for developing them. Student learning outcomes should be specific, realistic, use active verbs, be framed at the program level, include 3-5 outcomes, align with the curriculum, be simple rather than compound, and focus on the learning product rather than process. A curriculum map can ensure outcomes align with courses. Learning outcomes state what knowledge, skills, and abilities students will demonstrate upon completing their learning experiences.

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Student Learning Outcomes

The document defines student learning outcomes and provides recommendations for developing them. Student learning outcomes should be specific, realistic, use active verbs, be framed at the program level, include 3-5 outcomes, align with the curriculum, be simple rather than compound, and focus on the learning product rather than process. A curriculum map can ensure outcomes align with courses. Learning outcomes state what knowledge, skills, and abilities students will demonstrate upon completing their learning experiences.

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Student

Learning
Outcomes
DEFINITION
OF
STUDENT LEARNING
Prepared by:

Jhullie Salazar
OUTCOMES
ASSESSMENT
OF
LEARNING 2
Definition of Student Learning
Outcomes
What Are Student Learning Outcomes?
Learning outcomes are statements of the knowledge, skills and abilities
individual students should possess and can demonstrate upon completion of a
learning experience or sequence of learning experiences. Before preparing a list
of learning outcomes consider the following recommendations:

✘ Learning outcomes should be specific and well defined.


When developing a list of student learning outcomes, it is important that
statements be specific and well defined. Outcomes should explain in clear and
concise terms the specific skills students should be able to demonstrate, produce,
and know, as a result of the program’s curriculum.

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Definition of Student Learning
Outcomes
✘ Learning outcomes should be realistic.
It is important to make sure that outcomes are attainable. Outcomes need
to be reviewed in light of students’ ability, developmental levels, their initial
skill sets, and the time available to attain these skill sets. They should also be
in line with what is being taught.

✘ Learning outcomes should rely on active verbs in the future tense.


It is important that outcomes be stated in the future tense in terms of
what students should be able to do as a result of instruction. Learning
outcomes should also be active and observable so that they can be measured.

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Definition of Student Learning
Outcomes
✘ Learning outcomes should be framed in terms of the program
instead of specific classes that the program offers.
Learning outcomes should address program goals and not specific course
goals since assessment at the University is program-focused.

✘ There should be a sufficient number of learning outcomes.


You should include between three to five learning outcomes in your
assessment plan. Fewer than three will not give you adequate information to
make improvements, more than five may be too complicated to assess. It is
important to note that not all programs will assess all learning outcomes in
all classes. The program may choose to focus on one or two per class.

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Definition of Student Learning
Outcomes
✘ Learning outcomes should align with the program’s
curriculum.
The outcomes developed in your plan need to be consistent with
the curriculum goals of the program in which they are taught. This is
critical in the interpretation of your assessment results in terms of where
changes in instruction should be made. Using curriculum mapping is
one way to ensure that learning outcomes align with the curriculum. A
curriculum map is a matrix in which learning outcomes are plotted
against specific program courses. Learning outcomes are listed in the
rows and courses in the columns.

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Curriculum Map

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Definition of Student Learning
Outcomes
✘ Learning outcomes should be simple and not compound.
The outcomes stated in your plan should be clear and simple. Avoid the
use of bundled or compound statements that join the elements of two or more
outcomes into one statement.

✘ Learning outcomes should focus on learning products and not the


learning process.
Learning outcomes should be stated in terms of expected student
performance and not on what faculty intend to do during instruction. The
focus should be on the students and what they should be able to demonstrate
or produce upon completion of the program.

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Definition of Student Learning
Outcomes

LEARNING LEARNING
STUDENT EXPERIENCE OUTCOME
(Process) (Product)

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The End

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