The document provides guidelines for writing student learning outcomes in the ESL department of Passaic County Community College. It emphasizes the need for measurable outcomes, limited to three or four per course, starting with a single measurable verb for each outcome. Additionally, it outlines various measurable verbs categorized by cognitive processes as defined by Bloom's revised taxonomy.

1. Guidelines for Writing
Student Learning Outcomes
ESL Department
Passaic County Community College
Ana Paula Lawrence

2. Student Learning Outcomes...
measure students’ ability to do something
by the end of the course
should be limited to three or four per
course
must start with a measurable verb - one
verb per outcome
don’t include criteria and standards (rubric)

3. Measurable verbs for cognitive domain
Knowledge (recall information): define, identify, list,
reproduce, state
Comprehension (meaning, interpretation): explain, infer,
paraphrase, predict, rewrite, summarize, give examples
Application (use in new situation): demonstrate,
produce, predict, show, use
Analysis (facts vs. inferences): analyze, compare,
contrast, distinguish, identify, infer
Synthesis (combine parts): combine, explain, generate,
revise, rewrite, summarize
Evaluation (judgement): conclude, critique, evaluate,
interpret, justify

4. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
http://eit.tamu.edu/JJ/DE/BloomsTaxonomy.p
df
http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/bl
ooms_taxonomy.htm
•Good luck!