learning outcomes
What students gain
Learning outcomes are the specific knowledge, skills, or abilities students are expected to gain from a course or program.
They're typically stated as measurable goals: By the end of this unit, students will be able to analyze primary sources.
The term dominates educational planning and assessment, where outcomes must be concrete enough to evaluate.
Distinct from broader educational goals, learning outcomes specify what learners will demonstrably know or do.
- competenciesProven skill areas
- skill developmentAcquiring new abilities
- Bloom's taxonomyHierarchy of cognitive skills
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- critical thinkingObjective evaluation of information
problem-solving · deep understanding · attitudes · formative assessment · assessment criteria · knowledge · self-regulation · standardized testing · analysis · backward design · self-reflection · curriculum · comprehension · application · real-world application · ethical reasoning · self-monitoring · goal-setting
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- Education Termslesson plan, curriculum, syllabus, rubric, assessment
- math educationmath class, math instruction, math curriculum, math standards, lesson plans
- history educationhistorian, history textbooks, textbook, history teachers, primary source
- pedagogyteaching methods, teaching, teaching strategies, teaching models, teaching techniques
- college catalogscourse catalog, course descriptions, course credits, credit hours, prerequisites
learning outcomesteaching methods
Approaches to instruction
learning activities · teaching strategies · teaching practices · lesson plans · course materials
learning outcomesunintended consequences
Unanticipated outcomes of actions