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Objectives. How to Write Effective Objectives. Objective. Upon completion of this presentation, you will be able to: write effective objectives. Guiding Questions for LZHS. What do we want students to learn? How will we know that students have learned it?
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Objectives How to Write Effective Objectives
Objective • Upon completion of this presentation, you will be able to: • write effective objectives.
Guiding Questions for LZHS • What do we want students to learn? • How will we know that students have learned it? • How will we respond when students don’t learn? • How will we respond when students already know it? • Course objectives help us answer the first question and guide us in developing assessments to answer the second.
Purpose of Objectives • Objectives answer: • What should students learn? • What is worth learning? • What are the key competencies of the course? • What is the level of the course?
How to Write an Objective • The objective should describe what the learner will be able to do after a period of learning. • Objectives should: • have a measurable, action verb • Verbs tell the student what is to be accomplished. • Verbs tell the teacher what to look for to see if the student has accomplished what the teacher specified.
How to Write an Objective • Step 1: Pick an action verb from the list provided by Bloom’s Taxonomy. • The level of thinking you want from a student in an assignment is based on the level from which you select the verb to use. • Step 2: Complete the sentence. • The more understandable the sentence, the greater the chance that the student will do what is intended.
Example • Step 1: Pick an action verb from the list provided by Bloom’s Taxonomy • List (from the Knowledge level of Bloom’s Taxonomy) • Step 2: Complete the sentence. • the parts of the IPDE process • Objective: • List the parts of the IPDE process.
Example • Step 1: Pick an action verb from the list provided by Bloom’s Taxonomy • Translate (from the Comprehension level of Bloom’s Taxonomy) • Step 2: Complete the sentence. • the words in a sentence. • Objective: • Translate the words in a sentence.
Example • Step 1: Pick an action verb from the list provided by Bloom’s Taxonomy • Dramatize (from the Application level of Bloom’s Taxonomy) • Step 2: Complete the sentence. • a scene from Romeo and Juliet. • Objective: • Dramatize a scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Example • Step 1: Pick an action verb from the list provided by Bloom’s Taxonomy • Compare (from the Analysis level of Bloom’s Taxonomy) • Step 2: Complete the sentence. • the Holocaust to the genocide in Darfur. • Objective: • Compare the Holocaust to the genocide in Darfur.
Example • Step 1: Pick an action verb from the list provided by Bloom’s Taxonomy • Design (from the Synthesis level of Bloom’s Taxonomy) • Step 2: Complete the sentence. • an experiment to test Newton’s Third Law of Motion. • Objective: • Design an experiment to test Newton’s Third Law of Motion.
Example • Step 1: Pick an action verb from the list provided by Bloom’s Taxonomy • Rate (from the Evaluation level of Bloom’s Taxonomy) • Step 2: Complete the sentence. • the works of art in their use of complementary colors. • Objective: • Rate the works of art in their use of complementary colors.
Benefits of Effective Objectives • Students can be in control when they know what objective they are responsible to learn and how it will be assessed. • When effective objectives are used, we create continual learners that are responsible, caring citizens in a global community.