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Goals General expressions of our values that give us a sense of direction
Standards Express goals from the teacher's, learner's, or school's point of view and thus
identify what teachers must teach, students must learn, and schools must do
Objectives Convey the specific behaviors to be attained, the conditions under which the
behaviors must be demonstrated, and the proficiency level at which the
behaviors are to be performed based on the learning histories, abilities, and
current levels of understanding of your learners
Five factors to consider when establishing goals for 1. The subject matter we know enough about to teach.
what should be learned 2. Societal concerns, which represent what is valued in both the society at large
and the local community.
3. Student needs and interests and the abilities and knowledge they bring to
school.
4. Your school's educational philosophy and your community's priorities.
5. What instructional theory and research tells us can be taught in the
classroom.
A thinking curriculum A curriculum that focuses on teaching learners how to think critically, reason,
and problem solve in authentic, real-world contexts
Students need to meet these goals 1. Be trained to live and function in a technological world.
2. Possess minimum competencies in reading, writing, and mathematics.
3. Possess higher-order thinking, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
4. Be required to enroll in all the core subjects each school year, to the extent
of their abilities.
5. Be trained to work independently and to complete assignments without
direct supervision.
6. Improve in school attendance and be in school longer each day and year.
7. Be given more activities that provide practice in problem solving and
decision making and that require critical thinking and making value judgments.
Behavioral objective A written statement that achieves to convey the two purposes of objectives.
1. To move standards toward classroom accomplishments by identifying the
specific classroom strategies through which standards can be achieved by your
specific learners.
2. To express teaching strategies in a formal that allows you to measure their
effects on learners.
Instruction | Study Guide,
Key Concepts, Practice
Questions & Exam
Review
|Guaranteed success|
, Don't know?
Terms in this set (124)
Goals General expressions of our values that give us a sense of direction
Standards Express goals from the teacher's, learner's, or school's point of view and thus
identify what teachers must teach, students must learn, and schools must do
Objectives Convey the specific behaviors to be attained, the conditions under which the
behaviors must be demonstrated, and the proficiency level at which the
behaviors are to be performed based on the learning histories, abilities, and
current levels of understanding of your learners
Five factors to consider when establishing goals for 1. The subject matter we know enough about to teach.
what should be learned 2. Societal concerns, which represent what is valued in both the society at large
and the local community.
3. Student needs and interests and the abilities and knowledge they bring to
school.
4. Your school's educational philosophy and your community's priorities.
5. What instructional theory and research tells us can be taught in the
classroom.
A thinking curriculum A curriculum that focuses on teaching learners how to think critically, reason,
and problem solve in authentic, real-world contexts
Students need to meet these goals 1. Be trained to live and function in a technological world.
2. Possess minimum competencies in reading, writing, and mathematics.
3. Possess higher-order thinking, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
4. Be required to enroll in all the core subjects each school year, to the extent
of their abilities.
5. Be trained to work independently and to complete assignments without
direct supervision.
6. Improve in school attendance and be in school longer each day and year.
7. Be given more activities that provide practice in problem solving and
decision making and that require critical thinking and making value judgments.
Behavioral objective A written statement that achieves to convey the two purposes of objectives.
1. To move standards toward classroom accomplishments by identifying the
specific classroom strategies through which standards can be achieved by your
specific learners.
2. To express teaching strategies in a formal that allows you to measure their
effects on learners.
