Verb list for student learning outcomes
Student learning outcomes for a degree program will encompass several levels of learning, from the acquisition of facts to the ability to think critically and solve problems. Each statement of a student learning outcome should include a VERB that represents the level of learning that is expected.Use the following table when creating student learning outcome statements:
Remember | Understand | Apply | Analyze | Evaluate | Create |
Arrange | Classify | Calculate | Combine | Appraise | Arrange |
Define | Describe | Construct | Figure | Argue | Assemble |
Locate | Identify | Classify | Find | Assess | Compose |
Recall | Indicate | Estimate | Sketch | Defend | Create |
Recite | Organize | Illustrate | Solve | Estimate | Design |
Describe | Interpret | Interpret | Predict | Judge | Devise |
Repeat | Illustrate | Appraise | Change | Predict | Formulate |
Identify | Reorganize | Contrast | Survey | Qualify | Invent |
Select | Translate | Criticize | Compare | Rate | Manage |
Quote | Paraphrase | Diagnose | Diagram | Support | Modify |
Label | Summarize | Identify | Examine | Critique | Organize |
Copy | Transform |
| Test | Recommend | Plan |
List | Discuss |
| Modify |
| Prepare |
Name | Explain |
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| Produce |
State | Defend |
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| Propose |
| Compare |
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| Set up |
| Report |
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| Verify |
| Restate |
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| Construct |
| Review |
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| Develop |
| Rewrite |
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From: The Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University
