Topic 3: Develop Goals and Objectives

 

"If you donÕt know where you are going, how do you know when youÕve arrived?"

Goal

Develop goals and objectives for one lesson and then rate them according to "BloomÕs Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain" and reflect on the issues raised by Wiggins and McTighe: "prospective, empathy, self-knowledge, and an enduring understanding."


Objectives

  • Write a broad overall goal for the lesson you are developing.
  • Develop measurable objectives for the lesson.
  • Categorize each learning objective according to "BloomÕs Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain."
  • Articulate if your goals include the issues raised by Wiggins and McTighe: "perspective, empathy, self-knowledge, and an enduring understanding."

Warm-Up Quiz

(This is just for fun and will NOT be graded.)

Identify which of the following sentences are best suited to be course goals and which are best suited as course objectives?

Definitions:

Course goals are broad statements indicating what the student will learn.

Course objectives are easily measurable and often include specific skills that the student can demonstrate.

1. Students will be proficient in conversational Spanish.

Goal

Objective


2. Students will write four sentences in Spanish.

Goal

Objective


3. Students will use 50 vocabulary words in a conversation with another student.

Goal

Objective

 

4. Students will learn to write in Spanish.

Goal

Objective

 


 

Bloom's Taxonomy

 
 

 

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