Learning Outcomes

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Description

Learning outcomes are explicit statements of what learners should know, understand, or be able to do by the end of an instructional experience. They are useful when instruction, assessment, and learner effort need to align around visible targets.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Specific, observable targets
• Alignment with tasks and assessment

Constraints

• Vague outcomes do little to guide learning

Target Learning Goals

• Clarify expectations and make progress visible.

Affordances

• Goal Setting & Monitoring
• Competency-Based Assessment

Claims

Related Elements

• State Objectives
• Assessment
• Goal Setting

Patterns That Use This Element

• Competency-Based Learning
• Gagné's 9 Events

Examples

• Course or lesson targets written in performance terms and revisited during assessment.

Key Sources

• Mager, R. F. (1997). Preparing instructional objectives (3rd ed.). CEP Press.

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