significant learning goals. goals, objectives, and outcomes, oh my! learning outcomes participants...
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Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes, oh my!
• Learning outcomes• Participants will align an existing goal, objective, or outcome with
their desired cognitive level.• Participants will write a new goal and objective or outcome at a
specific cognitive.• Participants will evaluate existing goals, objectives, or outcomes
in order to identify candidates for revision.
Learning Taxonomies – Fink
0Learning How
to Learn• Self-directed
learning
CaringDeveloping new:• Feelings• Interests• values
Application• Skills• Thinking• Managing projects
IntegrationConnecting:• Ideas• People• Realms of life
FoundationalKnowledge
• Understanding• Remembering
HumanDimension
Learning about:• Oneself• Others
©2003 L. Dee Fink, Creating Significant Learning Experiences
Three to five years later, my students still know...
are able to do...find value in...
(aka- What would be embarrassing for students not to know after they took your
course?)
Dream BIG!
The real world…
©2010 Michael Palmer
Your course,
your dream,
your students’ learning
…
Learning Goals
University
Program
Course
Unit/Topic
Learning Goals - Levels
Create enlightened citizens
Evaluate scientific resources
Distinguish science from psuedo-science
Find evidence of peer-reviewed science in newspaper articles
Goals – Objectives - Outcomes
Goals are statements about general purposes of education that are broad and long-range
Objectives are brief, clear statements that describes the desired learning outcomes of instruction
Outcomes are statements that describe significant and essential learning that learners have achieved.
Activity• Look at your University, College, and Department to see if
there are explicit goals, objectives, or outcomes.
Types of Learning Objectives
Cognitive – “What do you want your students to know?”
Affective – “What do you want your students to think or care about?”
Behavioral– “What do you want your students to be able to do?”.
Writing Learning Objectives/OutcomesPick a level, type, and taxonomy
Select an action word that identifies the performance to be demonstrated
Determine a statement that reflects what learning will be demonstrated
Include criteria for acceptable performance
ExampleGood – Students will be able to write a research paper
Better – Students will be able to write a research paper in the appropriate style
Best – Students will be able to write a research paper in the appropriate style that reflects the data presented
How about this one?Students should know the fundamental concepts of cell biology
Is this a good learning objective?
Why or why not?