The difference between immediate and deferred outcomes.

• THE OUTCOMES OF EDUCATION
- Outcomes-based education focuses classroom instruction on the skills and competencies that students must demonstrate when they exit. There are two (2) types of outcomes: immediate and deferred outcomes.

Types of Outcomes

Immediate Outcomes are competencies/skills acquired upon completion of a subject, a grade level, a segment of the program, or of the program itself.

Deferred Outcomes refer to the ability to apply cognitive, psychomotor, and affective or degree
skills/competencies in various situations many years after completion of a subject; grade level program.


B. Examples

Immediate Outcomes

• Ability to communicate in writing and speaking
• Mathematical problem-solving skill
• Skill in identifying objects by using the different senses
• Ability to produce artistic or literary works
• Ability to do research and write the results
• Ability to present an investigative science project
• Skill in story-telling
• Promotion to a higher grade level
• Graduation from a program
• Passing a required licensure examination
• Initial job placement

Deferred Outcomes

• Success in professional practice or occupation
• Promotion in a job
• Success in career planning, health and wellness
• Awards and recognition

outcomes.