Definitions
Taxonomies
Components of a Writing Outcome
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“A statement that describes the knowledge, skills, or values a student can demonstrate at the end of a course or another point in time” (Oermann & Gaberson, 2021)3.

What are learning outcomes or learning objectives?

100

In education, this framework categorizes cognitive skills into six distinct groups, guiding educators and designing effective teaching strategies and assessments3.

What is Bloom's taxonomy?

100

The person the outcome pertains to1.

What is the audience, learner, or student?

200

A brilliant acronym used to often describe what specific components are needed to write appropriate learning objectives/goals5.

What is SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound)?

200

Why taxonomies are beneficial in education3.

What is to classify the outcomes into various levels of complexity?

200

The level of attainment, the way the behavior should be performed4.

What is degree?

300

A way of measuring to what extent learning outcomes are achieved or not achieved by the learner, such as tests3.

What is assessment?

300

This category of Bloom's taxonomy involves the retrieval of information, such as identifying the first president of the United States2.

What is Remember?

300

The constraints in which the learners will be expected to perform the task3.

What is the condition or antecedent?

400

The overall core values that objectives of individual assignments should relate to and align with5.

What are course-level objectives and/or program goals?

400

The three Taxonomic Levels within education3.

What are cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains?

400

The discipline-specific knowledge, skills, or abilities to be demonstrated within the writing outcome3.  

What is criterion or statement?

500

When instructors judge if outcomes are met by learners3.

What is evaluation?

500

These verbs ( differentiate, implement, solve, use, demonstrate, interpret, operate, schedule, or solve) describe which category of Bloom's taxonomy2.

What is Analyze?

500

The description, cognitive growth, or skill the person will develop1,4.

What are action verbs, behavior, or taxonomy?

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