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The term "Student Learning Outcomes" (a.k.a.
"Learning Assessment," "Outcomes Assessment" or "Assessment of Student Academic Achievement") refers to
a process of measuring or evaluating how well students master the objectives of courses and programs.
What is the difference between SLOs and course
objectives? Course objectives are statements that tell students what they will
learn during a course
(skills, knowledge, and attitudes). They form the building blocks to course SLOs.
Outcomes measure what students can do.
They are broader than objectives. Outcomes utilize the higher level thinking
skills, while objectives are usually limited to the lower “knowledge” level.
(See Bloom’s Taxonomy) ASSESSMENT
EXAMPLES & HANDBOOKS
Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes: Methods -
Northern Virginia Community College
Assessment...and How
We Do It
- Raymond Walters College, University of Cincinnati Assessment Workbook
- Ball State University Assessing
Student Learning in Higher Education - Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College Assessment of
Student Learning - California State University, Chico
Bloom's
Taxonomy - from University of Victoria Center for Student
Success: Learning Assessment Contra
Costa College Student Learning Outcomes Course Outlines and
Student Learning Outcomes - examples from Los Angeles Valley College Examples of
Institutional, Program and Course Level Student Learning Outcomes - Pasadena
City College Outcomes
Assessment - University of South Florida Scoring Rubrics Scoring
Rubrics: What, When and How? -
Definitions and rubric construction ideas
Using Scoring Rubrics - California State University System
Student
Assessment: Frequently Asked Questions - Mesa Community College Student Learning
Outcomes - Cabrillo College 21st Century
Learning Outcomes Project - Santa Fe Community College
University of
Wisconsin - Madison Assessment Manual
What Every Instructor Should Know about Assessment -
Western Washington University ORGANIZATIONS & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Accrediting Commission for Community and
Junior Colleges (ACCJC)
American Association for Higher Education &
Assessment California Assessment
Institute (CAI) Center for Student Success (CSS) Course Outlines on the
Web - from California Intersegmental Articulation Council (CAIC) Practical Assessment, Research and
Evaluation (PARE) The Research and Planning Group (RP
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