From the course: Creating an Amazing Syllabus

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Objectives and outcomes

Objectives and outcomes

From the course: Creating an Amazing Syllabus

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Objectives and outcomes

- An important part of any syllabus is the communication to the students of what they will learn in your course. This is sometimes called learning objectives or course objectives or even learning outcomes. No matter what you call this section, it's important to provide students with a list of intended outcomes so they'll know what they will be learning as the course progresses. Generally, there are three types of learning outcomes that can be included on a course syllabus. These are cognitive or knowledge outcomes, behavioral, appreciative or affective outcomes. The first type is the cognitive or knowledge outcome. These outcomes address the question, what will the student know, be able to evaluate, synthesize or analyze when he or she completes the course? A good way to think of these outcomes is to use Bloom's taxonomy. At the most basic level, the student may learn knowledge, rote memorization. Moving up the taxonomy is the idea of comprehension or understanding. Next is a concept…

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