Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

GOAL: List what you want students to be able to understand / accomplish asa result of the learning experience.


It helps to begin with the wording: "Students will be able to....." or "Students will understand...."


The activities they do (research, reading, group work, etc.) are only means to an end--not the goals themselves.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: what students will be able to demonstrate as a result of the lesson List the activities in this lesson that will allow students to accomplish each goal
 
Write the Goal, and then list the objectives under that specific goal.

Goal 1: Students will _______                     (use action words for what students will do.

        Student Learning Outcome 1: __________          Refer to the Depth of Knowledge)

       Student Learning Outcome 2: __________

Goal 2: Students will _______

        Student Learning Outcome 1: __________

       Student Learning Outcome 2: __________