PROCESS
Outcomes and objectives
What must an educator present to students at the beginning of a course as a basis for evaluating learning?
(Oermann, 2021)
Statements describing what a learner will be able to do upon completion of a unit of instruction.
What are learning objectives?
(Acito, 2002).
A list of things the student should learn/achieve at the end of the activity.
What are objectives?
(Oermann, 2021).
The verbs recognize or recall when writing course objectives are associated with this cognitive skill level.
What is Knowledge Level?
(Seaman, 2011).
Evaluation of specific learning tasks a student can perform.
What is criterion-referenced interpretation?
(Oermann, 2021).
The latter focuses on the overall goal or purpose of the course while the former focuses on specific activities to achieve the overall goal or purpose.
What is the difference between objectives and outcomes?
(UCLA Health, n.d.).
This affirms what the learner is expected to be able to do or produce to be competent.
What are outcomes and competencies?
(Oermann, 2021).
Two descriptive things outcomes should be.
What are “general” and “measurable"?
(Oermann, 2021).
The successful student will restate or interpret information in their own words.
What is the Comprehension Level?
(Seaman, 2011).
Involves interpreting scores based on preset criteria, not in relation to the group of learners.
What is criterion-referenced interpretation?
(Oermann, 2021).
To define specific competencies and outcomes that will allow students to achieve a specific set of skills, knowledge, attitudes, or values.
What is the goal of the educator when writing objectives for a course?
(Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, 2021).
Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor.
What are the domains of learning?
(Oermann, 2021).
These provide the basis for assessing learning in any setting.
What are outcomes? (Oermann, 2021).
Application Level
What is the ability of the student to use or apply the learned information?
(Seaman, 2011).
The process used to perform a comparative evaluation of a student's performance.
What is preset criteria?
(Oermann, 2021).
By excluding specific teaching methods.
How should the instructor formulate the course outcomes in order to allow flexibility in their teaching plans?
(Oermann, 2021).
This component of the objective begins with a verb and is linked to the task or skill to be learned.
What is performance?
(Acito, 2002).
In order to write a learning outcome, you must begin with an _________ and follow with a __________.
What are “action verb” and “statement"?
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, n.d.).
Inspect, critique, and differentiate are verbs used to describe the students' ability to examine critically.
What are some measurable verbs used to assess learning outcomes?
(Seaman, 2011).
Based on judgments involving a complex level of assessing varied criteria.
What is Evaluation?
(Oermann, 2021).
To clearly communicate the desired knowledge, skills, or values students can demonstrate at the end of a course.
What is the purpose of having clear and well-defined outcomes?
(Oermann, 2021).
A list of multiple assessment strategies to meet the outcomes/objectives.
What are performance indicators?
(Oermann, 2021).
The specific part of a learning objective under which the learner must demonstrate a certain skill.
What is a condition?
(Acito, 2002).
A hierarchy of six categories of cognitive skills to assess learning outcomes.
What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?
(Seaman, 2011).
This item guides teachers in judging the extent to which specified criteria have been met.
What is a scoring rubric?
(Oermann, 2021).