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Defining Learning Objectives: Unpacking Educational Standards and Framing the Big Idea

Learn how to frame learning objectives, define course goals, and unpack educational standards to extract the big ideas. Understand the importance of essential questions and explore strategies for writing effective learning objectives.

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Defining Learning Objectives: Unpacking Educational Standards and Framing the Big Idea

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  1. MODULE 2 Defining Learning Objectives 3rd 2nd 1st

  2. The Backward Design 3rd 2nd 1st

  3. Learning Objectives • How to frame learning or understanding? • How to define course goals and objectives? • How to unpack the educational standards and extract the big ideas? • How essential questions are related to the big ideas? • How to write learning objectives?

  4. Defining Learning Objectives 1 2 3 Unpacking Educational Standards and Framing the Big Idea Defining Learning Goals Defining LearningObjectives Understanding

  5. What is Understanding? You only understand if you can: • Interpret it • Summarize it • Generalize it • Explain it • Prove it • Predict it • Use it • Connect it • Give examples An understanding is a“moral of the story” that you can apply to other stories

  6. How to develop understanding? • Explanation 2. Interpretation 3. Application 4. Perspectives 5. Empathy 6. Self-knowledge

  7. How to develop understanding? Nurture the ability to explain: What is the cause of it? How does it work? What happens if I do this? How did you get to this conclusion? Why do you think that? Explanation is based on why and how Encourage the ability to interpret: What does it mean? What is this related to? How is it related to me? Why does it matter? Interpretation depends on the context

  8. How to develop understanding? Create opportunities to apply: Where can I use this? How can I solve this problem? How can I use this? How can I adapt it to this situation? Use it or Lose it! Look for different perspectives: What do you think about it? How about this way? Why do you think so? Is it reasonable? There are other ways of solving problems

  9. How to develop understanding? Pursue empathy: What he was thinking or feeling when he did that? What do they see that I don’t? What do I need to experience to understand? Walk in another’s shoes Encourage self-knowledge: How does who I am shape my views? What are my limits? My blind spots? How I think and why I do this way

  10. Defining Learning Objectives 1 2 3 Unpacking Educational Standards and Framing the Big Idea Defining Learning Goals Defining Learning Objectives Understanding

  11. Unpacking Educational Standards 1 What is the course about? What are the priorities? • What to teach? • What to leave out? • What to emphasize? • What to minimize?

  12. How to Prioritize? 1 Break the Educational Standards into Big Ideas! Worth to be familiar with Superficial knowledge Important to know and do Big Ideas Core Concepts • What is the most important? • How do the pieces connect? • What is the bottom line?

  13. What is a BIG IDEA? 1 • It is the main point (beyond basic knowledge) • It is broad and abstract, requiring uncoverage • It is universal in application • It is timeless– carry through the ages • It is transferable– can be applied to other situations Another way of understanding it is through framing EssentialQuestions

  14. How to find the BIG IDEA? 1 Look for the heart of the course! • Why study ….? So what? • What is the “moral of the story” of the topic? • Do you have to dig deep to understand the meaning and implications? • What is the larger concept “between the lines”? • What couldn’t we do if we didn’t understand…? • How is … used in the real world?

  15. Defining Learning Goals 2 At the end of the course, students will be able to… How to find the goals? Focus on the Big Ideas!! Big Idea Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3 Big Idea

  16. Defining Specific Objectives 3 Learning Objectives Learning Goals Concepts Goal 1 Skills Big ideas Concepts Goal 2 Skills Goal 3 Concepts Skills COURSE TOPICS SESSIONS

  17. Defining Specific Objectives 3 BIG IDEA Course Goals (understandings) Learning Objectives (Specific Behaviors)

  18. Defining and Writing Objectives 3 Bloom Taxonomy or http://classweb.gmu.edu/ndabbagh/Resources/Resources2/bloomstax.htm

  19. Learning objectives reflect Specific Behaviors 3 Behaviors refers to actions! Must be described with specific ACTION VERBS Verbs must reflect actions that can be OBSERVABLE Examples: • Students will be able to: • Define survey • Create a survey instrument • Evaluate the survey instrument Action Verb + Direct Object

  20. Pop Quiz 3 Which objectives are unclear? • Students will be able to: • Understand backward design • Critique a course syllabus • Be aware of Learner-Centered Teaching characteristics • Create engaging class activities Why are they not clear? What they differ from the other ones?

  21. 3 Bloom Taxonomy http://cstep.csumb.edu/Obj_tutorial/bloomwheel.html

  22. 3 Bloom Taxonomy http://cstep.csumb.edu/Obj_tutorial/bloomwheel.html

  23. 3 Bloom Taxonomy http://cstep.csumb.edu/Obj_tutorial/bloomwheel.html

  24. 3 Bloom Taxonomy http://cstep.csumb.edu/Obj_tutorial/bloomwheel.html

  25. 3 Bloom Taxonomy http://cstep.csumb.edu/Obj_tutorial/bloomwheel.html

  26. 3 Bloom Taxonomy http://cstep.csumb.edu/Obj_tutorial/bloomwheel.html

  27. Learning Questions 3 Learning Objectives framed as questions! • Point out to specificObjectives • One question should include more than one objective • Drive the content of each session • By answering these questions, students will be able to • answer the Essential Questions or Big Ideas

  28. 1 Unpacking Educational Standards and Framing the Big Idea 2 Defining Learning Goals Summary BIG IDEAS BIG IDEA Understanding Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3

  29. BIG IDEA Summary 3 Defining Specific Objectives and Learning Questions Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3 Objectives

  30. Learning Objectives • How to frame learning or understanding? • How to define course goals and objectives? • How to unpack the educational standards and extract the big ideas? • How essential questions are related to the big ideas? • How to write learning objectives?

  31. References • Understanding, Unpacking Standards, Big Idea, Essential Questions • Wiggins, Grant and McTighe, Jay. Understanding by Design. 2nd Edition. ASCD, Virginia, 2005. • Bloom Taxonomy • http://cstep.csumb.edu/Obj_tutorial/bloomwheel.html • http://classweb.gmu.edu/ndabbagh/Resources/Resources2/bloomstax.htm • http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy#What_is_Bloom.27s_Taxonomy.3F • Writing Objectives • http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/teaching/assessment/learningGoals.html

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