It includes behaviors such as demonstrating, showing, and making use of information. Analysis involves breaking down information into its component parts to see interrelationships and ideas. Related behaviors include differentiating, comparing, and categorizing. Synthesis is the ability to put parts together for form something original. It involves using creativity to compose or design something new.
Evaluation involves judging the value of evidence based on definite criteria.
Related behaviors include concluding, criticizing, prioritizing, and recommending. Skill objectives pertain to the development of expertise based on training and practice, such as psychomotor skills, communication skills, or thinking skills. Other types of outcomes include those that reflect the educational or professional success of students, such as job placement, licensure, job satisfaction or quality of life attainment. Statements of intended student learning outcomes should be clear and well understood by the faculty of the department in which they originate. The number varies, but most experts suggest between three and five statements of intended educational outcomes for each academic program in the department.