Create a Learning Centered Syllabus FACULTY INSERVICE AUGUST 19, 2015 DR. MERRYELLEN TOWEY SCHULZ
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Objectives for This Workshop
If you aim at nothing, you will never miss, but you will also never hit the bulls eye.
Objective Different archers have different styles; so do different teachers. You can shoot your arrows (objectives) many ways Goal
Use objectives to make sure you reach your goals.
Instructional Process
What are learning objectives? Formal statements that articulate What STUDENTS are able to do Following instruction (classroom level) After completing program of study (program level) With specific knowledge, skills, or attitudes
Goals vs Objectives
ABCD Model Audience Student Behavior (performance) What student will do Condition Circumstances under which the task will be accomplished Degree (criteria) Percent correct, with no errors,
OK, Better, Best BETTER OK BEST Audience Behavior Condition Degree Audience Behavior Audience Behavior Condition
Nifty Tool from Iowa State Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Verbs to Avoid and to Use NOT APPROPRIATE (OPEN TO MANY INTERPRETATIONS) GOOD (OPEN TO FEWER INTERPRETATIONS) To KnowTo Write To UnderstandTo Recite To EnjoyTo Identify To AppreciateTo Differentiate To Grasp Significance ofTo Solve To ComprehendTo Construct To BelieveTo List To Compare To Contrast
What’s wrong with this? At the conclusion of the course, the student will be able to: Understand about ethical dilemmas. Make it better, then best.
Write an Objective
Use Objectives to Design Assessments What the FACULTY will do to evaluate student progress toward achieving objectives
Assessment
What’s wrong with this assessment? Students from the study skills course will demonstrate mastery of note-taking techniques by correctly using at least three different note-taking methods for classroom lectures.
What would be a good assessment? Well written objective Students from the study skills course will demonstrate mastery of note-taking techniques by correctly using at least three different note-taking methods for classroom lectures. Assessment Use checklist to evaluate student notes for correct use of three methods of note-taking. Would appear on syllabus as AssignmentsPoints Lecture Notes50
Alice in Wonderland “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” Asked Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where,” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.