What is the purpose of setting objectives in the classroom?
How do I set objectives in my classroom now?
What do I do to communicate classroom objectives to my students?
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.
Pre Assessment Survey
Through:
Discussion about the chapter.
Out:
Respond to these four questions.
Interesting Thoughts from the Chapter: