How to Write Standards-Based Learning Objectives

HOW TO WRITE STANDARDS-BASED LEARNING OBJECTIVES

EXERCISE: Analyze the following Learning Objectives and determine which ones are correct and which ones need to be corrected.

Does it Does it Does it have a have have a Corrected Learning Objective specific precise context content? behavior (condition) (skill) imposed describing on the what the student? student will do?

Given a series of short articles, the students will underline the topic sentences. Teacher will show the students how to multiple using two-digits. Given a map of the United States the students will know all the states. The students will identify alliteration in poetry.

EXERCISE: Identify each Learning Objective as content-based or activity-based.

Standard Learning Objective Standards- Activity- based Based

Adaptations in physical structure or Students will use sponges to simulate behavior may improve an organism’s how plants store water. chance for survival. As a basis for understanding this concept: a. Students know plants and animals Using the plants that live in the have structures that serve different desert, students will describe how the functions in growth, survival, and plants adapt to a shortage of water. reproduction. (3rd Grade Science) Understand the relationship of the Using General Motors’ 9-11 concept of incentives to the law of supply marketing campaign (0%interest), and the relationship of the concept of students will describe how this incentives and substitutes to the law of incentive affected the law of supply demand. (12th Grade Economics) and demand.

The class will be divided into thirds to read articles from the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and the Internet to describe how General Motors 0% interest campaign affected supply and demand for new cars.