Learning outcomes are clear statements of the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that participants will develop as a result of participating in your workshop. Useful learning outcomes are:
- focused on participant learning,
- clear and concise,
- potentially measurable and observable, and
- achievable.
How to write a learning outcome:
Use an action verb and complete the phrase: “By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to…”
Examples:
“By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to…
- Explore themes related to individual influence, personal interpretations, communication, and change.”
- From SKILLS21 workshop Being a Change Agent -
Understand how multiple choice questions are constructed, strategically prepare for multiple choice exams, apply the READY technique to answer multiple choice questions, and use exam results to enhance your learning."
- From SKILLS21 workshop Strategies for Multiple Choice Questions
Possible Action Verbs for Writing Learning Outcomes
(Bloom's Taxonomy: Cognitive Domain Levels)
| Level | Definition | Action verbs |
|---|---|---|
| Creating | Generating new ideas or products. | Invent, Hypothesize, Construct, Develop, Design, Prepare, Produce, Rewrite, Plan, Combine, Formulate, Design, Compile, Generalize, Integrate, Modify, Organize. |
| Evaluating | Making judgments based on criteria and standards. | Decide, Justify, Recommend, Assess, Rate, Prioritize, Determine, Critique, Evaluate, Weigh, Value, Compare, Contrast, Conclude, Criticize. |
| Analyzing |
Breaking information into parts to explore patterns and relationships. Analyzing charts and data to support conclusions. |
Analyze, Distinguish, Examine, Compare, Contrast, Investigate, Categorize, Identify, Explain, Separate, Take apart, Differentiate, Infer, Order. |
| Applying | Using information, rules, and procedures in concrete situations. | Analyze, Distinguish, Examine, Compare, Contrast, Investigate, Categorize, Identify, Explain, Separate, Take apart, Differentiate, Infer, Order. |
| Understanding | Identifying examples of a given term, concept, or principle. Interpreting the meaning of an idea, concept, or principle. | Interpret, Outline, Distinguish, Predict, Restate, Translate, Compare, Relate, Generalize, Convert, Classify, Extend. |
| Remembering | Recalling information. | Describe, Relate, Locate, Find, Identify, Label, Recall, Define, Recognize, Match, Reproduce, Select, Draw, Recite. |
