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Learning Objectives vs. Learning Goals. Difference between Objectives and Goals Importance of Learning Objectives Writing quality Learning Objectives. Brandy Close, M. Ed. Office of Educational Development. Learning Objectives: what we already know.
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Learning Objectives vs. Learning Goals Difference between Objectives and Goals Importance of Learning Objectives Writing quality Learning Objectives Brandy Close, M. Ed. Office of Educational Development
Learning Objectives: what we already know • Learning involves students acquiring new skills and knowledge • Objectives provide an aim or direction for the learning ALearning Objectivedescribes a direction for a student acquiring the new skills or knowledge
Learning Objectives vs. Learning Goals • As a result of attending this session, you will be able to: • Differentiate a learning goal from a learning objective • Identify the components of a learning objective • Recognize the purpose for writing learning objectives • Create well-constructed learning objectives
What is a Learning Objective? A Learning Objective is a clearly written, specific statement of observable student behaviors that can be measured and contributes to reaching the learning goals. • Example: • At the conclusion of the CPS small group session, students will be able to: • Explain the pathophysiological symptom, diagnosis, and treatment of a • patient with asthma
Why are Learning Objectives Important? • Providing students with Learning Objectives: • Describes what you value and expect them to be able to do (content selection) • Specifiesyour desired outcomes that will be measured (instructional strategy) • Assesses the student’s performance as well as the course • instruction (evaluation connection)
The Difference: Goal, Instructional Objective, Learning Objective? GOAL: broad statement of learning outcomes The Clinical Problem Solving course is designed to help first year students develop effective skills in symptom recognition and differential diagnosis. Instructional Objective: specific statement of teacher-centered performance In the CPS small group sessions, the first year student will be asked to analyze and discuss a case, the evidence of symptoms, and provide a diagnosis. Learning Objective: specific statement of student-centered performance Given a set of clinical data, the first year student in CPS small groups will be utilize a hypothesis to compose research questions.
What is the difference between a Learning Objective and a Goal? A Goal is a broad statement of expected learning outcome of a course The Clinical Problem Solving course is designed to help first year students develop effective skills in symptom recognition and differential diagnosis. A Learning Objective is a specific statement of observable student behaviors that can be measured and contributes to achieving the goal. Given a set of clinical data, the first year student in CPS small groups will be able to state a hypothesis and compose research questions.
A Goal has multiple Learning Objectives Learning Objectives At the end of the small group session, students will be able to: GOAL The Clinical Problem Solving course is designed to help first year students develop effective skills in symptom recognition and differential diagnosis. • analyze a case • evaluate historical data to determine a differential diagnosis • write a report with a differential diagnosis and evidence to support it • interpret lab results to confirm diagnosis • apply knowledge acquired through analysis to determine treatment options
Writing Your Course Goal A Goal is a broad statement of expected learning outcome of a course. Name of your course: ______________________________________________ Your goal should start with: “The purpose of this course is…” or “The aim of this course is…” At the conclusion of this course, what overall knowledge or skills will the student have gained? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Write the goal of your course: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Write a Learning Objective • Focus on student behavior- identify the concept you want the students to learn and how they will perform or demonstrate their understanding • Identify the level of knowledge (Bloom’s Taxonomy) at which you expect students to preform- align with how a assessment method • Choose an action verb that is measureable and observable to describe the student behavior • Indicate the condition under which the action will be observed- ex: given a certain environment…
The Format of a Learning Objective The Stem: “By the end of this course students will be able to: ” The Statement: bulleted statements beginning with an action verb followed by content Example: • By the end of this course students will be able to: • Differentiate a goal from a learning objective • Recognize the reasons for writing a learning objective • Identify components of a learning objective
Writing Your Learning Objectives A Learning Objectiveis a specific statement of student-centered performance. Complete this statement for your course with one learned behavior: By the end of this course, the student will be able to: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Make a list of three learned behaviors they need to accomplish the above learned behavior: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Write Learning Objectives Follow the ABCD model: Audience- describes the targeted students (students in the course) Behavior- provides an action verb with content (What will they do?- Verbs such as “know & understand” do not describe a performance)-Bloom’s Taxonomy Condition- defines the requirements needed to perform the task (What do they need in order to perform the objective?-materials, class setting-small groups, clinical site, etc.) Degree- gives the criteria fro assessing performance (How well will they need to perform the behavior)
How are Learning Objectives Linked to Assessment? Assessment measures the learning objective
Summary • Writing learning objectives allows the instructor to select the content, develop the instructional strategy, assess the student performance, and evaluate the instruction. • A Learning Objective is a clearly written, specific statement of • observable student behaviors that can be measured and contributes • to reaching the learning goals. • Learning objectives combine action verbs with content to describe a desired student behavior • The ABCD formula for writing learning objectives provides an easy model to follow for effective learning objectives