It is important to evaluate the process of learning in addition to learning outcomes because using assessments aids in establishing a need for improvement as well as determining the degree to which these goals correspond to student needs. Using learning objectives may help instructors to achieve better clarity about what they want to accomplish in their classes, and greater clarity about what techniques they need to use to achieve those goals. Specific learning objectives also help students achieve those objectives more easily because they know, from the beginning, the goals of the course. Learning objectives give students a way to think about and talk about what they are learning. In addition, specific learning objectives make it possible to more reasonably assess how well the process of teaching and learning is progressing. When evaluation is used it permits the learning outcomes to be asked and answered. Evaluations help to answer if the goals and objectives of new curriculum have been met.