The University of Kansas has a fantastic team supporting their CBE program, including a psychometrician (an expert in the measurement of mental capacities and processes) who developed a taxonomy of assessment types. While it is still in development, you can find the verb used in your learning outcome in the list in this database (such as Apply) and see helpful related information. This includes:
- most likely related behavior (think critically-prospective for Apply)
- whether the behavior is internal or external (internal for Apply)
- whether the behavior can be completed independently or requires interaction (independent for Apply)
- the preferred context for the assessment (hypothetical/simulated for Apply)
- preferred stimulus task (scenario for Apply)
- other possible stimuli (simulation, real world project, or real world demonstration for Apply)
- learner choice of stimulus (decided by program for Apply)
- preferred deliverables (none for Apply because it must be paired with an external behavior)
- other possible deliverables
- learner choice of deliverables
Use this tool to help you think through the alignment of your assessments with your course and program learning outcomes. With gratitude to Dr. Courtney Castle for sharing.