Taxonomy of Significant Learning
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Creating Learning Outcomes
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Learning outcomes should be aligned to, or reflect, the Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions. Learning outcomes will be written in a way that operationalizes the understandings in order for the outcomes to be assessable during the course.
Dee Fink proposes six dimensions of learning in his Taxonomy of Significant Learning (p. 11).
Learning outcomes can be constructed to reflect these dimensions as you build a more socially conscious course.
To create your social impact outcomes, reflect on the dimensions of learning and the questions above. You can have a learning outcome that addresses all dimensions, or just a few. Then, use the following formula to create an outcome that relates to the dimensions you want to highlight in your course.
Students will be able to + Action VERB + knowledge, skill, or behavior you want students to learn. Students will be able to + Students will be able to + Students will be able to + Further Reading
- Going beyond Bloom’s for learning outcomes and objectives. BYU Center for Teaching and Learning.
- See Bloom’s Taxonomy for levels of learning and associated verbs.
- Jeremy Branzetti, Michael A. Gisondi, Laura R. Hopson & Linda Regan (2019). Aiming Beyond Competent: The Application of the Taxonomy of Significant Learning to Medical Education. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 31:4, 466-478, DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2018.1561368
