Transcript Long and Short Term Goals

Setting Goals
for Student Learning
National University
Professional Teaching Development Center
Your entry prompts may ask you
to describe both long-term and
short-term student learning
goals
What does this mean?
Lesson Planning
IncludesLong Term Goals
 Short Term Goals (Lesson Objectives)
 Criteria used to assess student products
or performances (Rubrics)
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The Learning Objective for this presentation is
that you will be able to identify and develop
appropriate Short Term Goals (Lesson Objectives) for
your selected Video Entry lesson.
Short Term Goals, otherwise known as
Lesson Objectives, help focus
instruction for the teacher and clarify
expectations for students.
They are more specific than Long Term
Goals, but usually less specific than
criteria used to assess student products
or performances (Rubrics)
From General to Specific
Long Term Goals
Short Term Goals
(Lesson Objectives)
Criteria Used to Assess
Student Products or
Performances
(Rubrics)
Long Term Goals
Describe• Global Understandings and Skills
• Outcomes achieved over a lengthy
period of time, such as a semester, a
year, or longer.
Example: Long Term Goal
Students will understand that
recognizing patterns can help us
make predictions.
•This statement does not tell us what students must
do to demonstrate this understanding, or how
expectations for students at different grades or
developmental levels might be different.
• For lesson planning purposes, it needs to be
defined more clearly.
A Long Term Goal:
Students will understand that
recognizing patterns can help us make
predictions.
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Requires more than 1 lesson to achieve.
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May involve multiple skills.
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May apply to multiple levels of complexity.
Short Term Goals
(Lesson Objectives)
• Short term goals, often referred to as
Lesson Objectives, must be specific.
* They must answer the question, “What
should students know or be able to do?”
as a result of the lesson.
On the next few slides….
Notice that the long-term goal might be
the same for both kindergarten and grade
eight students, however the short term
goal (lesson objective) will be very
different.
Kindergarten
Long Term Goal:
The student will be able to use an
understanding of patterns to accurately
make predictions.
Kindergarten
Long Term Goal:
The student will be able to use an
understanding of patterns to accurately
make predictions.
Short Term Goal (Lesson Objective):
Given a pattern of five blocks in
alternating colors, the student can
accurately predict the color of the next
block.
Eighth Grade
Long Term Goal:
The student will be able to use an
understanding of patterns to accurately make
predictions.
Eighth Grade
Long Term Goal:
The student will be able to use an
understanding of patterns to accurately make
predictions.
Short Term Goal (Lesson Objective):
Given a numerical pattern in which the
interval increases at a non-constant rate,
the student can determine the pattern and
predict the next three numbers in the
sequence. (i.e. square number patterns,
triangular number patterns)
Now look at the learning goal you have
described for your entry lesson….
-Is it specific?
-Does it describe what students must
-know or be able to do?
- Does it explain what particular product or
performance will be assessed at the end of
the instructional sequence?
If you have answered “no” to any of these questions,
please revisit the short term goal you have selected
for your instructional sequence in the entry.
When teachers set clear lesson goals that describe
what students must know and be able to do at the
end of the instructional sequence, they- make learning expectations more explicit for
students
- can better manage and monitor student progress
toward the stated goals
- can more effectively analyze
student achievement at the end
of the instructional sequence.
“An objective is a clear,
unambiguous description of … ‘the
types of performance students are
expected to demonstrate at the end
of instruction to show that they have
learned what was expected of them.’
(Gronlund, 2000, p. 4)”
-DiPaola & Hoy, 2008, p.184)
Clearly stated learning goals
are the foundation for accomplished
teaching
And for a
successful portfolio entry!
LONG TERM GOAL
What is the big idea that I
want students to achieve?
SHORT-TERM GOAL
(LESSON OBJECTIVE)
What specific product or
performance would enable students to
show progress toward this goal?
Check Your
Understanding
(QUIZ TIME!)
On the pages that follow, several
statements will be presented to
you.
You must determine whether the
statement represents a long-term
goal, or a short-term
goal that is suitable as
a lesson objective.
Students can compare and contrast
main characters from two different
stories, including at least 3 physical
traits and 3 personality traits of each
character.
Is this a LONG TERM GOAL or a
LESSON OBJECTIVE?
Students can compare and contrast
main characters from two different
stories, including at least 3 physical
traits and 3 personality traits of each
character.
LESSON OBJECTIVE
It describes what students must
know and be able to do as a result of
instruction.
Students will learn the scientific
theory of plate tectonics.
Is this a LONG TERM GOAL or a
LESSON OBJECTIVE?
Students will learn the scientific
theory of plate tectonics.
LONG TERM GOAL
It does not describe the depth of
learning expected from students,
or how they will demonstrate the
learning.
Students can explain the functioning and
the major components of hydrologic
cycle.
Is this a LONG TERM GOAL or a
LESSON OBJECTIVE?
Students can explain the functioning and
the major components of hydrologic
cycle.
LESSON OBJECTIVE
It describes what students must
know and be able to do as a
result of instruction.
Students will identify at least three
issues affecting America today and
explain the problems or conflicts that
make them issues.
Is this a LONG TERM GOAL or a
LESSON OBJECTIVE?
Students will identify at least three
issues affecting America today and
explain the problems or conflicts that
make them issues.
LESSON OBJECTIVE
It describes what students
must know and be able to do
as a result of instruction.
Students will create a powerpoint
presentation about an important
historical event.
Is this a LONG TERM GOAL or a
LESSON OBJECTIVE?
Students will create a powerpoint
presentation about an important
historical event.
HMMM… it is not a LONG TERM GOAL
or a LESSON OBJECTIVE!
What is it???
Students will create a powerpoint
presentation about an important
historical event.
This statement describes an activity that
might take place in a unit of instruction.
Let’s see if we can add more details and
turn it into a LESSON OBJECTIVE…..
Students will create a powerpoint
presentation which describes an
important event in the Revolutionary
War. They will explain 2 ways this
event impacted the outcome of the War.
Now we have a
LESSON OBJECTIVE
that describes what students
must know and be able to do as
a result of instruction.
Revisit the Lesson Objective you
have selected for your video
entry.
Revise as needed to insure that it describes what
students must know and be able to do as a result of
your planned instruction.
You will look for evidence of students’
achievement or progress toward this
learning goal when you are asked to
analyze and reflect on your lesson.