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Learning Goals. What are they? How do I use them?. So, what will you actually be teaching about?. Identify a topic Design a web of questions around your topic Tell the whole story! Bring it around to today! Turn your questions into learning goals 5-10 cognitive goals
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Learning Goals What are they? How do I use them?
So, what will you actually be teaching about? • Identify a topic • Design a web of questions around your topic • Tell the whole story! • Bring it around to today! • Turn your questions into learning goals • 5-10 cognitive goals • 1-2 psychomotor goals • 1-2 affective learning goals • Look to the GLCEs/HSCEs • Analyze your goals according to cognitive complexity
Learning Goals/Outcomes • Specify what students should learn as a result of the instructional experience • “instructional intent” • is made up of a verb phrase & noun phrase • Verb phrase = cognitive process that is the intended learning outcome • Noun phrase =the subject area content that the students should learn
Terms to Remember…. • Alignment • Misalignment • Backwards Design
Your goals should be in alignment with your instruction & assessment
Where do learning goals come from? • State and National Standards • Note that standards do not necessarily make effective learning goals • GLCES & HSCEs • Benchmarks clarify the outcome stated in the standard • Teacher Editions
Steps to Writing Quality Learning Goals • Select the verb (Highly Important Step) • Write the noun phrase • Be sure that your goal is “measurable” • Analyze your unit goals for cognitive complexity to ensure your unit is balanced
Goal: Students will be able to understandthat a myth is a story that explains something
Team Task • Read Rivers Around the World • Use the theory of Backwards Design to • Clearly define your learning goals • Identify what evidence (or assessment) would effectively measure student learning of that goal • Plan a method of instruction