Higher Education Teaching and Learning

Paul A. Kirschner & Mirjam Neelen Learners get the best results when they have to answer questions first. Johan Cruijff famously said: “If you don't shoot, you can’t score.” Well, we’ve all seen the evidence for that in the recent European Championship 2021 and, to stay with this theme, we discuss various studies about ‘scoring’…

Trying to determine what makes a good learning outcome likely doesn’t start with the question of what a learning outcome is. What is probably a better question to ask is; what is the purpose of a learning outcome? Surely if we know the purpose of a learning outcome we can judge whether it is good?

Ok, so what is the purpose of a learning outcome? Most educational institutions would agree the purpose is to set a goal for what teachers want students to be able to do at the end of a sequence of study or learning.

Writing clear, measurable learning objectives for lesson seems simple; it isn't. Here are some steps that can make it easier.