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Learning Outcomes:
Intentionally Fostering Student
Learning and Development
Division of Student Affairs Retreat
August 9, 2010
Outcomes
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As a result of participating in this
session, DSA staff will learn how to
effectively write learning outcomes.
Agenda
Introduction/Learning Outcomes
 Why do learning outcomes matter?
 How to write learning outcomes
 Small Group Activity
 Where do we go from here?
 Question and answer
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Why do learning outcomes
matter?
Why do learning outcomes
matter?
Intentionality
 Shared responsibility for student
learning
 Accountability – political and social
pressure to demonstrate learning
occurs
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How to write learning
outcomes
1. Review your mission statement;
2. Find a word/concept/idea that
illustrates what your
department/program does (i.e.,
promote learning);
3. Complete the following formula.
How to write learning
outcomes
As a result of participating in
,
students will learn
.
[name activity/program here]
[paste language from mission statement here]
How to write learning
outcomes
Students will learn
,
[paste language from mission statement here]
as a result of participating in
.
[name activity/program here]
Small Group Activity
As a department/program, work
together to write 2-3 learning
outcomes.
BONUS MATERIALS
Learning Reconsidered
 Learning Reconsidered 2
 CAS Standards
 Grinnell College Learning Goals
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Where do we go from
here?
Division-wide learning outcomes
(completed by February 2011)
 SDAG to develop and implement
methods to measure learning
outcomes
 President’s Alliance of the
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Question and Answer