Tools of the trade: Transitioning to an Educator

2009 FEMA Higher Education Conference

Breakout Session

Blooms’ taxonomy

Curriculum mapping

Learning outcome assessment

The three primary elements to using Blooms’

Measurable Cognitive action

Nature of the action

Level of action

Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation

Associate Bachelor Master

100 Level 200 level 300 level 400 level 500 level 600 level

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ChooseCite examples ofDemonstrate use ofDescribeDetermineDifferentiate betweenDiscriminate

ApplyDemonstrateDramatizeEmployGeneralizeIllustrateInitiate InterpretOperate

AnalyzeAppraiseCalculateCategorizeCompareConcludeContrastCorrelateCriticize

ArrangeAssembleCollectComposeConstructCreateDesignDevelopDevise

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CompareCritique

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abbreviated mapLEVEL OBJECTIVES

COURSES COMMENTS

Institutional

Program or Department

Individual Course

ABBREVIATED ASSESSMENT MAP

Learning Objective Some Appropriate Tools

Comments

100 200 level Short answer quizzes, short essays, short written assignments

300 400 level Discussion groups, case studies, short research papers, and, essays

500 600 level Formal research papers, complex case studies, group analysis

WHAT IS TO BE MEASURED

WEIGHT TOWARDS FINAL GRADE

EXEMPLARYLEVEL

4

ACCOMPLISHEDLEVEL

3

DEVELOPINGLEVEL

2

BEGINNINGLEVEL

1

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Measure 5Information literacy

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Measure 6English composition

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Measure 7Style knowledge and compliance

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Questions?Bob Jaffin

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