== Curriculum: Intended Learning Outcomes ==

i.e. ''"By the end of this learning session, students will be able to..."''

Ideally, each learning outcome should map to one of the [wiki:Ph2CurriculumAimsAndObjectives aims] of the learning session. Some learning outcomes may be required by the curriculum (''="must"''), while others are merely desirable (''="should"''), or useful (''="could"''). Alternatively, you may want to set different learning outcomes for students of [wiki:Ph2StudentsDifferentiation differing abilities].

Here is a list of verbs to help you formulate the learning outcomes, partly based on Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives:

|| '''Cognitive''' || ||
|| Knowledge || Draw, Find out/discover, List, Pronounce, Recall, Recite, Recognise, Reproduce, Select, Specify, State || 
|| Comprehension || Clarify, Describe reasons for, Explain, Identify, Identify causes of, Illustrate, Question, Understand  ||
|| Application || Apply, Assemble, Calculate, Construct, Demonstrate, Hypothesise, Infer, Investigate, Produce, Select, Solve, Translate, Use, Write  ||
|| Analysis || Analyse , Break down, Compare (and contrast), Critique , Differentiate between, Distinguish between, List component parts of, Predict, Select  ||
|| Synthesis || Argue, Design, Explain the reasons for, Generalise, Organise, Summarise ||
|| Evaluation || Judge, Evaluate, Give arguments for and against, Criticise, Give feedback, Reflect  ||
|| '''Affective''' || Appreciate, Show awareness of, Listen, Be responsive to ||
|| '''Aesthetic'''  || Appreciation, Commitment, Ethical awareness, Moral awareness ||
|| '''Psychomotor[[br]](practical skills)''' || Draw, Exercise, Jump, Make, Perform, Play, Run, Swim, Throw ||

(From Falconer et al., 2006)

If you want to brush up on Bloom’s taxonomy, you might find these sites helpful:
 * Krumme, G. (2005) [http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom1.html Major Categories in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (Bloom 1956)]
 * Atherton, J.S. (2005) [http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/bloomtax.htm Learning and Teaching: Bloom's taxonomy]. This also includes classifications of affective and psychomotor (practical) skills.

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