This week in class we focused on aims, goals and objectives. Having to create and critique our own and others objectives was a very helpful. Often when I am writing an objective I tend to get very wordy and the objectives becomes unclear. I also learned that objectives should be written in singular form and should not use the term, "students will be able to." Reading my peers objectives and getting feedback in class was very useful. Writing objectives is an essential part of lesson planning and I know that the more practice I get the better. Here are some of my objectives in the MSMC C-B-C format:
-Given a graphic organizer, the student will list the characteristics of living and nonliving things with 100% accuracy.Science
-Given a worksheet with 20 multiple choice questions on the periodic table of elements, students will identify the chemical symbol of elements with 80% accuracy.
- Given the topic of living organisms, the student will compose a 4-5 page research paper on the characters of living organisms with 90% accuracy based on the provided rubric.
-Given a worksheet with the times tables for numbers 1-10, students will compute the answers with 100% accuracy.
After reflecting on the readings the concepts of aims, goals and objective have become clearer. Aims are general statements that provide direction as to what educational direction the students will be taking. Similar to a compass. Goals are more specific than aims but slightly narrow down the topic at hand. Objectives are specific statements that include a specific outcome.
All three are vital to measuring learning. You must know the direction that learning is to go in and get more and more specific so ultimate learning outcomes can be effectively measured.
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