Walking around classrooms this week, I once again recognized the importance of student friendly learning objectives. More importantly, the teachers that I visited with that had really good learning objectives written on their boards recognized the importance of their objectives and improving student learning.
According to Marzano (2001), using student friendly learning objectives through teacher talk, writing it on the board, on student work, and when a student can state it in their own words can improve student learning by 27%.
Students need to know what they are expected to know, how they will do it, and whether or not they are successful. Furthermore, this is exactly what a teacher should have determined prior to instruction through lesson planning. We just need to let our students know - there's no mystery (except when it is intentional).
According to Marzano (2001), using student friendly learning objectives through teacher talk, writing it on the board, on student work, and when a student can state it in their own words can improve student learning by 27%.
Students need to know what they are expected to know, how they will do it, and whether or not they are successful. Furthermore, this is exactly what a teacher should have determined prior to instruction through lesson planning. We just need to let our students know - there's no mystery (except when it is intentional).
