Outcomes
Assessment Council Requirements
 Distinctive student-centered tasks consistently stated in measurable terms.
 Show progress culminating in higher level cognitive functions.
Guiding Questions:
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Learning outcomes are stated operationally, and describe the observable evidence of a student's
knowledge, skill, ability, attitude or disposition.
What must students do to achieve the goals?
Are the outcomes actionable? Meaning, is there a specific function students must perform?
State clearly each outcome you are seeking: How would you recognize it? What does it look like? What
will the student be able to do?
Descriptor of Goal
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analyze
Analyze Example
Synthesis
Synthesis Example
Evaluation
WORDS TO AVOID
hard to measure!
Words to use when writing outcomes
Defines, describes, identifies, labels, lists, matches, names, outlines, reproduces,
selects, states
Converts, defends, distinguishes, estimates, explains, extends, generalizes, gives
examples, infers, paraphrases, predicts, rewrites, summarizes.
Changes, computes, demonstrates, discovers, manipulates, modifies, operates,
predicts, prepares, produces, relates, shows, solves, uses
Breaks down, diagrams, differentiates, discriminates, distinguishes, identifies,
illustrates, infers outlines, points out, relates, selects, separates, and subdivides.
Students will distinguish among carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids with
respect to chemical structure.
Categorizes. combines, compiles, composes, creates, devises, designs, explains,
generates, modifies, organizes, plans, rearranges, reconstructs, relates, reorganizes,
revises, rewrites, summarizes, tells, writes
Students will devise an experiment using the scientific method.
Appraises, compares, concludes, contrasts, criticizes, describes, discriminates,
explains, justifies, interprets, relates, summarizes, supports
Know, learn, increase, really know, expand horizons, understand, approach,
appreciate, improve, become, grow.
Approved Student Learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate and apply basic skills in textiles, design, and
Basic Skills
merchandising.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the cultural and ethnic diversities that
Diversities
exist among individuals and groups locally and globally.
Students will have presented or exhibited their work in a scholarly or
Research or Design
professional venue during their academic program.
Identify and explain the basic concepts of journalism and mass communication
Basic Concepts
(in a mediated society) necessary to be a professional practitioner.
Conduct independent investigation to gather, analyze, organize, and synthesize
Independent investigation
information (words, images, and numbers) on a contemporary topic.
Communicate information (words, images, and numbers) effectively to
Communicate through
particular audiences and through specific delivery systems.
Media
Students will use current information technologies to locate and apply
Use of Information
evidence-based guidelines and protocols, such as the ADA Evidence Analysis
Technologies
Library, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, and Agency for Health Care Research and
Quality, and National Guideline Clearinghouse Web sites.
Students will demonstrate effective and professional oral and written
Professional Communication
communication and documentation and use of current information technologies
when communicating with individuals, groups and the public.