Week Five

This past week we covered the importance of learning objectives and why we must work to set them up. A learning goal is a statement the teacher writes that describes what the students will be able to do at the end of the lesson. It is important that teachers set their learning objectives to align with there assessments. Since these assessments will measure whether their students are achieving the objectives. If we are not proactive in ensuring that our learning goals, we set for the students match our instructional activities then we will have to make adjustments to one or the other. Misalignment is avoidable as long as we ensure the learning objectives, instruction, and assessments all work together to measure students’ achievement. Learning objectives follow the ABCD formula so that they are clear for the learner, identify what they will be able to do because of instruction, and show how student success will be determined. The A represents who the audience is while the B stands for behavior and is what the students will be able to do. The C stands for conditions which are resources and limitations for performing the behavior, lastly D is degree or level students’ success is determined. Ms. Lauren provided multiple different ways we can assess students both formative and summative. I learned when is best and how is best to give these different types of assessment.