Standars helps the student undertand the objectives.
I thought the A-B-C-D for writing Objectives was helpful.
Having a "guide" to keep you on track, and help gain deeper understanding of the "why", is critical to being a good insturtor. I have used and build lesson plans in the past and they can safe your day if you get off track
The thing that I find most frustrating about teaching Media Arts is all the different standards we are being held to. I have 4 different sets of standards to be judged on, and it can be incredibly difficult to find ways to cover all the standards or even really determine what some of the standards want the students to be able to actually do.
Once you have objectives you can use them to form assessments and see if the material is being understood
In the Lesson Plan, Objectives & Standards are so very important, as they out line for you & the student, what they will be learning, & how they will be learning it.
Items that I have taken away from this module, & I intend to use are:
Objectives:
- Will define the porpose of the lesson.
- The reasoning behind the lesson.
- Taxonomy is to be used to be very clear, as it is a "commom language"
- Types of objectives, to be considered are.... Factual, Conceptual, Proceedureal, & Matacognitive. I see the ones I would use most in the classes I teach wouls be factual, proceedural, & some conceptual.
- They are to be specific, and will be measurable. Levels of measure that I will be considering will be: Level I - Knowlage Level II - Comprehension, & Level III - Application.
- Outcomes for Objectives are important and are to be specific, so as to check / measure the Objectives. The are to measure what the student will be able to do, once done with the lesson.
- They are to be outlined, detailed, & broke out to be clear for the student.
Standards:
- Will be used to define the level of requirement for the lesson.
- I will be sure to set the objectives in relation to the standards, so they relate.
- A standard will have a specific statement to be clear to what the student should be able to do & acomplish after the lesson.
- Assessment is needed to measure the students progress. I will be using tests, worksheets, homework, & student projects to assess.
I found the standards and objectives section paricularly useful. I think including those for my students will clarify the information and skills students will need to take away from lessons and labs, eliminating and question or vagueness involved.
Standards are good in all aspects of life.
good learning expereince to prepare for a good lesson plan
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I really understood how to develop my lesson plans from the objectives after reading this course section. Then use what I developed, and further break down the instructional objectives. The instructional objectives are very specific. I have read course objectives before and tey are very general. Now, each lesson plan I create, I will have very specific instructional objectives. I will share these with the students so they can anticipate what they are learning, and why they are learning it.
there are two standards to meet the required outcome
content and perfromance
I prefer to post objectives and refer to them as the lessons progress so students can see the flow of the topic.
It is important that objectives are well-written to help students understand the steps they need to take to help them obtain the skills and knowledge needed to be successful. It is also important that objectives are specific, measureable, and based on competency standards. Not only are quizzes and exams are a great way to measure student progress, but having students present content and reflect on their performance to better foster intellectual development.
Design the lesson plan with clear standards and objectives; use the ABCD aproach.
I learned Taxonomy Levels could be used to guage the students in their performance. I see it to be useful, similiar to a rubric, in assessments of student performance
Being in healthcare, I am used to writing objective, measureable goals. The ABCD method reminds me of what I do with patients every time I write a plan of care. Using the same approach with students makes perfect sense to me.
Using the A-B-C-D format to determine if an objective is actually clear and measurable, is a great resource.
When articulated upfront, clearly defined objectives provide students with an idea of what will be taught, how it will be presented, and allow them to understand when they have achieved mastery of the subject matter.
I've never heard of the word "Taxonomy" now I understand the importaints of Bloom's Taxonomy and why it's is so widly used.
Reply to LISA WOLFF's post:Hi Lisa, yes I completely agree with you on this pretest that you ahev decribed and just to add my thoughts to your wonderful post, pretest also help me to prepare my class and what to include for my students as well as make necessary adjustments in my lesson plan. Thank you.
