Sample Student Learning Outcomes
Course
Psychology-Human
Services
Community Child
Health Services
Composition 100
Situation:
Behavioral objective:
Given the following
condition(s)/information …
The student will be able to …
Given a particular behavior and the
context in which it occurs
Given a description of an infant with a
particular disability
Given an in-class writing task based on
an assigned reading
Given a simple hypothesis,
General Science
Performance standards:
To the following standards:
Describe a variety of perspectives for
interpreting and altering behavior
Apply behaviorist, humanistic,
psychoanalytic, and biological
psychology perspectives and methods to
interpreting and altering the behavior
Students will identify ways to provide
support and education to parents.
Including on-site, in-home, and services
available in this community, as
appropriate to the age, disability and
situation of the family.
Students will write an essay
demonstrate appropriate and
competent writing
States a thesis, supports assertions,
maintains unity of thought and purpose,
is organized, and is technically correct
in paragraph composition, sentence
structure, grammar, spelling and word
use.
Design experiments and interpret data
according to the scientific method in
order to evaluate the hypothesis.
Apply the scientific method in a variety
of ways, formulate questions, design
experiments that answer the questions;
and evaluate the experimental data to
reach conclusions.