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What is the Point?

What is the Point?. A Writing Objectives Primer By Jennifer Spink Strickland - jstrickland@mesacc.edu. Objectives for Today. Differentiate between a Course Competency and Objective Identify Key elements of an objective

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What is the Point?

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  1. What is the Point? A Writing Objectives Primer By Jennifer Spink Strickland - jstrickland@mesacc.edu

  2. Objectives for Today • Differentiate between a Course Competency and Objective • Identify Key elements of an objective • Understand how objectives inform both you, your students, your chair, and anyone else • Identify clear and concise objectives • Compose objectives that demonstrate your content • Recognize how alignment of objectives and content are crucial

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  4. Competency vs. Objective Battle of terms

  5. Objectives Competencies Objectives build Competencies Steps along the way

  6. The Path to Success Objectives

  7. Remember Your ABCD’s! • Audience – always the student • Behavior • Condition • Degree of acceptable completion

  8. Anatomy of a great objective Student will be able to: Predict how the Mankiw Rule will impact monetary policy in future markets. Written from the student perspective Concrete; Measurable behavior Reflects a portion of the course competency Collectively reflects all levels of cognition

  9. Value of Bloom’s • http://www.officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm • http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm

  10. Clarity is Crucial Unclear Clear Write Recite Recall Identify Build Design • Understand • To know • Appreciate • Enjoy • To learn

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  12. Objectives Help you… Revise Align Design Help students… Navigate Develops a pattern Learn in incriminates Success is measurable and seen!

  13. Design Elements: Objectives Mode of Presentation Variety of Activities Transitions Assessment Feedback Building Community Organization or Structure Objectives

  14. Objectives at work: In a unit In this unit you will: Identify components of the Hawaiian Cultural Values Describe how Pauahi exemplified these values in her life Integrate these values in your life

  15. Identify components of the Hawaiian Cultural Values: Determining Activities Reading on Hawaii’s Reliance on the tourist industry Video showing the impact of pollution on Waikiki’s beaches Video demonstrating how Hawaiians embrace hospitality, compassion, humility, and generosity. Article about the geological significance of Hawaii’s landscapes. Which activities align with the objective?

  16. Identify components the Hawaiian Cultural Values: Assessment Essay discussing the impact of values on the Hawaiin culture Quiz identifying Hawaiian values Discussion (or discussion board post) addressing how the cultural values have informed and shaped the Hawaiin culture Which assessments align with the objective?

  17. Last question http://polldaddy.com/poll/4483965/

  18. Resources • NAACLS Writing Objectives: http://www.naacls.org/docs/announcement/writing-objectives.pdf • UCSD School of Medicine: http://meded.ucsd.edu/faculty/writing_instructional_objectives.pdf • Carnegie Mellon: http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/learningobjectives.html • University of Arkansas: http://www.uams.edu/oed/resources/objectives.asp#abcds

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