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Active Verbs for Creating Student Learning Outcomes

Knowledge----------- recalling or remembering something without necessarily understanding, using, or changing it.	Comprehension------ understanding something that has been communicated without necessarily relating it to anything else.	Application-------- using a general concept to solve problems in a particular situation; using learned material in new and concrete situations	Analysis-------------- breaking something down into its parts; may focus on identification of parts or analysis of relationships between parts or recognition of organizational principles	Synthesis------------ creating something new by putting parts of different ideas together to make a whole.	Evaluation---------- judging the value of material or methods as they might be applied in a particular situation; judging with the use of definite criteria
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