Assessment Taxonomy Table

Career Planning


Bloom categories

Learning
objective verbs

Activity

Knowledge
(recall, list, define, identify,
collect, label)
The students will
identify 3 careers
they wish to learn
more about based
on their own
career interests,
personal goals
and work-related
skills.
Students complete the Pre-
Course Survey during the first
week of the course.

Assessment Tool: SurveyMonkey




Comprehension
(summarize, describe interpret,
predict, discuss)
The students will
describe in detail
3 potential
careers including
tasks, technology
required, skills,
work context,
educational
requirements,
average pay, and
projected need for
future workers.
Students gather information from
web sites including Occupational
Outlook Handbook and O*Net
Online and tabulate the results as
part of their personal career
portfolio

Assessment Tool: Portfolio
component; rubric provided

Application
(apply, demonstrate, illustrate,
classify, experiment, discover)
The student will
demonstrate the
ability to
investigate higher
education options
by using supplied
web sites to
discover
institutions with
college majors in
their field of
interest.
Students examine web sites such
as College Navigator and College
Scorecard and post the results of
their investigation in a discussion.

Assessment: Discussion or
Journal with Rubric provided


Analysis
(analyze, classify, connect,
explain, infer)
The student will
demonstrate
ability to answer
common interview
questions by
providing an audio
presentation
(such as
Students review samples of
interview questions to analyze
ways to show a potential
employer that they would be a
viable candidate for a specific the
job.

Assessment tool: Student
Audacity) with
80% accuracy on
the rubric
provided.
responds via audio file; rubric
provided.

Synthesis
(combine, integrate, plan,
create, design, formulate)
The student will
display ability to
demonstrate
transferable soft
skills by offering
personal
examples through
the class wiki or
blog with 80%
accuracy
according to the
rubric provided.
Students review samples of ways
a person could demonstrate
having developed a transferable
skill and then create examples of
each skill from their own past
experiences.

Assessment: Class wiki or blog
with Rubric

Evaluation
(assess, recommend, convince,
compare, conclude, summarize)
The student will
display ability to
compare/contrast
the development
of their career
plans over the
duration of the
course by
presenting a
personal wiki or
blog with 80%
accuracy
according to the
rubric provided.
Students review the contents of
their portfolio and write a
summary of the most important
factors that helped them make the
career selection. The summary
includes at least one factor that
caused them some concern about
whether the career would be the
best choice.

Assessment: Personal Portfolio
component