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Session Outcome:. Teachers will evaluate their own objectives and revise them as needed to include the three elements of effective objectives. I. Objectives are the road map to learning. " Begin with the end in mind." Stephen Covey The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
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Session Outcome: Teachers will evaluate their own objectives and revise them as needed to include the threeelements of effective objectives. I
Objectives are the road map to learning. "Begin with the end in mind." Stephen Covey The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Quick Write Is "beginning with the end in mind“ typical to your planning process? If so, what benefits have you found in that process? If not, how might this process support effective instruction? II
Graphic Discussion Point: How does (or how might) the objective-condition-closure relationship influence your lesson planning? III
GV Focus Area Key: Condition Criteria Example 1 Original: Students will analyze an excerpt to determine the author’s purpose. Revision: Students will analyze an excerpt todetermine the author’s purpose in a paragraph containing three (+) pieces of supporting evidence. IV
GV Focus Area Key: Condition Criteria Example 2 Original: Students will create and multiply polynomials. Revision: Students will create and multiply polynomials, demonstrating 100% accuracy on an exit slip. IV
Measuring Your Own Objectives: Evaluate the quality of your own objectives. Use the graphic, the examples on back, the members in your group, and your Bloom’s chart as support. 1. Check the Following: - behavior (measurable verb) - condition (specific task) - criteria(expectations/accuracy) 2. Revise objectives to include all three parts Have a group member double check your objectives V
According to Marzano (2003) Not only do students learn more effectively when they know what they are supposed to be learning and why that learning is important to them, but teachers teach more effectively when they have the same information. Question for Discussion: How does using your objective as an instructional tool support our site initiative of embedding quick writes in our classrooms? VI