Setting+Objectives

In: Pre Assessment [|Survey]

Through: Discussion about the chapter.

Out: //Respond to these four questions.//
 * 1) What is the purpose of setting objectives in the classroom?
 * 2) How do I set objectives in my classroom now?
 * 3) What do I do to communicate classroom objectives to my students?
 * 4) What questions do I have about setting objectives in my classroom?

Interesting Thoughts from the Chapter:
 * It's interesting that if goals are set, students will tend to focus on them and then not attend to other ideas that may arise.
 * Setting personal goals sound like wonderings.
 * Setting goals can make the lessons relevant to students' lives through personalization.
 * Students love choice, but offering choice can be scary for teachers because of external pressures that create inflexible structures regarding learning.
 * Design lessons etc. for the 95% who do it right and deal with the 5% who abuse the system.
 * How do you motivate high school students who desire to be passive learners? Do we take education for granted here in the U.S.?
 * Contracts can help students feel in control of their learning.
 * The tension between being neither too broad nor too specific.