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Area 5 – Mapping Student Learning Outcomes (sources – A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing, Anderson & Krathwohl, and A
Model for Learning Objectives, Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching)
foundational disciplinary
Use information in a
2. UNDERSTAND
similar situation.
1. REMEMBER
BLOOM'S TAXONOMY
5. EVALUATE
information.
connections.
information.
4. ANALYZE
6. CREATE
REVISED
3. APPLY
judge.
(example verbs for learning
outcomes in italics)
A. FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE
Foundational information in List Summarize Respond Select Check Generate
a discipline.
KNOWLEDGE DIMENSION
B. CONCEPTUAL
KNOWLEDGE
Connection of foundational Recognize Classify Provide Differentiate Determine Assemble
elements to overall structure
and function.
C. PROCEDURAL
KNOWLEDGE
Recall Clarify Carry Out Integrate Judge Design
Methods for investigating
and acting.
D. META-COGNITIVE
KNOWLEDGE
Identify Predict Use Deconstruct Reflect Create
Reflection on thinking in the
discipline.
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