Learner outcomes, Activities, & Assessment
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The following samples are not all-inclusive; you may have more or fewer learner outcomes. The
Curriculum Committee is most interested in a progression of learner outcomes from lower-level to
higher outcomes based on their appropriateness for lower-division and upper-division courses:
Knowledge  Comprehension  Application  Analysis  Synthesis  Evaluation. Additionally, the
Curriculum Committee wants to see a match between learner outcomes and assessments.
Learner Outcomes verbs are highlighted in this document to gain reader attention. A list of acceptable
verbs, arranged in progression, is at the end of this document. You do not need to highlight your verbs in
your documents. Additionally, you need only to submit the table matrix with your materials.
Definitions:
Learner Outcome – what the student should be able to accomplish in the course. Learner Outcomes
begin with “The student will be able to . . . .” and are measurable.
Activity – listing an appropriate activity for the learner outcome is optional. However, listing an activity
might help you determine the difference between an activity based on the learner outcome and an
assessment of the meeting of that learner outcome.
Assessment – how you will determine if the student meet the learner outcome and to what extent the
learner outcome was met. An assessment is a measurement of an outcome.
Sample for 300-level training and development course*
Learner Outcome
Activity
Interpret training needs for an
Working in groups, students will
organization, based on user
turn user requirements into a
requirements.
broad training plan consisting of
4 separate modules.
Outline broad training plan
Working in groups, students will
modules to identify specific
define training topics for each
training topics in each module.
module. Students will present
plan to user.
Construct training materials for
at least 1 training module.
Revise or justify training
materials based on instructor
and user feedback.
Working in groups, students will
identify materials needed for
training, organize the materials
into logical steps, and design
the appropriate medium for
transfer of training to trainees.
Students will evaluate
comments from instructor and
user and judge whether or not
to incorporate feedback into a
revised training module.
Assessment
Faculty mentor and students
will confer to determine if the
broad plan is satisfactory or
need redefinition.
Faculty mentor, user, and
students will confer to
determine if the training topics
are satisfactory or need
redefinition.
Rubric completed by faculty
mentor and user.
Faculty mentor and end user
will review and rank training
modules for quality and
completeness based on a rubric.
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*Learner Outcomes move from Application  Analysis  Synthesis  Evaluation. Through previous
coursework, students would have met learner outcomes in knowledge and comprehension of training
and development curricula. Additionally, Evaluation is included in this 300-level course as it is the final
course in training and development.
Knowledge
(recall of
information)
Define
List
Recall
Name
Recognize
State
Repeat
Record
Label
Arrange
Duplicate
Match
Memorize
Order
Relate
Reproduce
Course Title:
Verbs for Use In Writing Learner Outcomes
Comprehension Application
Analysis
Synthesis
(interpret
(use
(break
(bring parts
information in
knowledge or
knowledge
together to
one’s own
generalization into parts and form a whole;
words)
in a new
show
build
situation)
relationships
relationships
among parts)
for new
situations)
Discuss
Compute
Distinguish
Diagnose
Describe
Demonstrate
Analyze
Propose
Explain
Illustrate
Differentiate
Design
Identify
Operate
Compare
Manage
Translate
Perform
Contrast
Hypothesize
Restate
Interpret
Categorize
Summarize
Recognize
Apply
Appraise
Compose
Express
Employ
Calculate
Plan
Locate
Use
Test
Formulate
Report
Practice
Diagram
Arrange
Tell
Schedule
Inspect
Assemble
Convert
Sketch
Question
Collect
Distinguish
Prepare
Relate
Construct
Estimate
Modify
Solve
Create
Indicate
Predict
Examine
Organize
Select
Extrapolate
Classify
Prepare
Sort
Manage
Deduce
Generate
Choose
Outline
Set up
Solve
Inventory
Synthesize
Experiment
Write
Date:
Office of Continuing Education
400 East University Way ● Ellensburg WA 98926 ● Office: 509-963-1504
Fax: 509-963-1690 ● Web: www.cwu.edu/ce
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Evaluation
(make
judgments on
basis of given
criteria)
Evaluate
Assess
Justify
Appraise
Rate
Revise
Score
Select
Choose
Estimate
Measure
Argue
Decide
Criticize
Attack
Defend
Judge
Predict
Support
Value
Learner Outcome
Activity (optional)
Assessment
10/14
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