Standards Six national content standards and seven NM standards describe what students should know and be able to do as a result of their learning time Performance standards describe ‘how good is good enough’ See Draft version of K-4 performance standards for New MexicoK-4 performance

Objectives Learning outcomes achieved after instruction from one lesson or a series of lessons Unit objectives are benchmarks toward achievement of performance and content standards Instructional objectives describe what the teacher will do Performance objectives describe what the learner will do or know after instruction

Unit Outcomes Derived from the content standards and performance standards and should align all lesson objectives throughout the unit to the content standards Students will write an individualized fitness plan that incorporates FITT for all components of health related fitness Students will perform forehand and backhand groundstrokes, volleys, the overhead smash and serve in game play with reasonable accuracy

Instructional Objectives Describe what the teacher will do to facilitate learning of the performance objectives Provides clear direction to keep the instructor accountable for learning in the classroom The teacher will demonstrate the lay-up from the right side of the basket The teacher will talk on FITT during warm-up activities

Writing Performance objectives Outcome of instruction that is attainable Must be observable and action must be measurable; may be explicit or implicit Performance objectives have three characteristics Statement of behavior (action verb) What the learner will do as a result of instruction The conditions under which the performer will perform the task The criteria for successful performance

Explicit Objective Includes the three characteristics The student will execute correctly 3 out of 5 serves into the service court from the deuce court The student will summarize in paragraph form the rule on etiquette of golf match play with 90% accuracy The student will accept responsibility for behaviors demonstrated in game play each day of class

Implicit Objective Typically do not include the criteria for success The student will correctly perform the overhead serve in a game situation The student will analyze the components of the forehand pass during skill drills The student will respect peers with differing abilities during cardiovascular endurance activities Implicit more often seen in unit outcomes

Reasons to write objectives Increase teacher accountability Lets all constituents know what is to be accomplished and how student will be assessed Allow students to do self-evaluation when they know the objective Students know what is expected of them Teachers can link directly to content standards & documentation of standards

What am I? The teacher will video students performing the overhead serve Students will demonstrate striking the ball with an outstretched arm and racquet from 8 ft away from the net before moving to the service line By the end of the unit, students will conduct a movement analysis of their running form and describe strategies to be a more efficient runner.

Where do you begin? Identify what students should be able to do after instruction Is this for a series of lessons or one lesson? Be realistic for one lesson!!! Use a measurable and observable verb! The conditions written into the objective are the conditions for evaluation Where, when, with what equipment and what rules will student be evaluated Given an article on specificity of training, the student will correctly summarize the relationship of spin cycling to road cycling

Where to begin? Determine what criteria are ‘good enough’ for successful performance Again, be realistic for the time of instruction Evaluate the strength of your objective Is it meaningful learning? Is it attainable? Will the objective be motivating to the learner?

Can you do it? Write three performance objectives with the behavior, conditions & criteria for a lesson and include all four domains. Circle the behavior, underline once the conditions and twice the criteria.