CHARACTERISTICS OF

GOOD LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1. Good learning
outcomes are centered
on the
student/learner.
2. Good learning outcomes are
based on and aligned with the
institutional, program and
course outcomes.
• Cognitive- refers to mental skills such as remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing evaluating, synthesizing/creating.3.

3. Good learning outcomes

are based on and aligned
with local, national and
international trends and
issues.
4. Good learning outcomes
are known and are very well
understood by both students
and faculty.
 5. Good learning outcomes include a
spectrum of thinking skills from simple
remembering to creating or from the
lowest and simplest cognitive,
unistructural process to cognitive in
Bloom’s and Anderson’s revised
taxonomy of objectives.
 UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN
By Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins

Four key types of Educational Goals

 Knowledge
 Basic Skills
 Long-term understanding
 Long-term transfer goals
 Explain  Provide explanations

 Interpret • Identify means

 Apply • Use knowledge in new situation

• Have perspective • See view points through critical eyes

• Empathize • Able to find value in what others may find

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• Have self-knowledge • Aware of what they do not understand
6. Good learning outcomes
are SMART
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Result-
oriented, and Time-bound
7. Good learning outcomes
are useful and relevant to the
learners.