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Dee Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning outlines six categories of learning outcomes: Foundational Knowledge, Application, Integration, Human Dimension, Caring, and Learning How to Learn. Each category emphasizes different aspects of student learning, from understanding information to developing personal values and self-directed learning skills. The taxonomy serves as a framework for educators to articulate and assess learning outcomes effectively.

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Finks Taxonomy Significant Learning

Dee Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning outlines six categories of learning outcomes: Foundational Knowledge, Application, Integration, Human Dimension, Caring, and Learning How to Learn. Each category emphasizes different aspects of student learning, from understanding information to developing personal values and self-directed learning skills. The taxonomy serves as a framework for educators to articulate and assess learning outcomes effectively.

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Dee Fink's Taxonomy of Significant


Learning
Dee Fink's Taxonomy of Signi cant Learning

As we learned during his April 2012 vist to BYU-Idaho, Dee Fink advocates the expression of learning
outcomes in terms of his six-part taxonomy.

Foundational Knowledge - Understanding and remembering information and ideas.


Students will recognize and understand legal terminology.
Acquire in-depth knowledge of key concepts of virology.
Application - Skills; critical, creative, and practical thinking; managing projects.
Students will be able to compare and contrast opposing legal principles, choose a position and
defend it.
Students will demonstrate teamwork in preparing a complex project.
Integration - Connecting ideas, people, realms of life.
Students will be able to apply legal principles to the accounting eld.
Assess the contributions of virology to advances in science and medicine.
Human Dimension - Learning about oneself, others.
Students use re ection and team feedback to identify areas where they have strengths and areas
that need improvement.
Value the group learning environment.
Caring - Developing new feelings, interests, values.
Students will want to apply legal and ethical knowledge to life events.
Understand the impact of viral disease on individuals and populations.
Learning How to Learn - Becoming a better student; inquiring about a subject; self-directing learners.
Students will be able to do reasearch to assess and apply court cases to legal issues.
Learn to think as a scientist.

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Additional information from Dr. Fink's time with us is available here


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