Developing Learning Outcomes

Student learning outcomes should be:

  • Meaningful
  • Manageable
  • Measurable

Kick-start your effort by finishing the following sentence:

By the end of this course (or program), students will be able to...

Use action words in crafting your response, such as:

  • Produce
  • Design
  • Assemble
  • Investigate
  • Compare
  • Contrast
  • Demonstrate
  • Solve
  • Classify
  • Identify
  • Recognize
  • Report

Pro tip: avoid action words that are more difficult to measure, such as "understand" or "appreciate."


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Contact Instructional Assessment Committee

  Wendy Hall, Vice President of Effectiveness & College Relations

   (360) 442-2491
  whall@lowercolumbia.edu