10 Questions
Which category of learning targets focuses on the ability of students to create achievement-related products?
Products
What aspect of learning targets aims to improve students' attitudes about school and other related aspects?
Affective
Which element of learning targets focuses on the ability of students to reason and solve problems using their knowledge?
Reasoning
What characteristic of learning targets is related to the degree or mastery required in accomplishing them?
Degree
In precise assessment, what is essential for ensuring accuracy and dependability?
Clarity of Learning Targets
What is the primary purpose of Principles of Assessment according to the text?
To guide educators in optimizing assessment use
What is the significance of Clarity of Learning Targets in assessment, based on the text?
To help students understand what they should know and be able to do
Why should lesson objectives be expressed following the SMART format and observing ABCD of writing objectives?
To ensure that objectives are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound
What is the role of learning targets in creating assessment tools?
To guide educators in aligning assessments with lesson objectives
Who should be able to perform at the end of a lesson based on the ABCD of writing learning objectives?
The students
Study Notes
Learning Targets and Assessment
- Learning targets are the outcomes or objectives of the lesson that the teacher wants students to attain or acquire at the end of the lesson.
- Learning targets should state clearly what students should know and be able to do at the end of the lesson.
- Categories of learning targets include:
- Knowledge: facts and concepts that students want to know.
- Reasoning: the ability to use knowledge to reason and solve problems.
- Skills: the ability to demonstrate achievement-related skills.
- Products: the ability to create achievement-related products.
- Affective: attainment of affective traits such as attitudes, values, interest, and self-efficacy.
Writing Learning Objectives
- Lesson objectives should be expressed clearly following the SMART format.
- ABCD of writing learning objectives:
- Audience: Who will do the performance at the end of the lesson?
- Behavior: the action, skill, competency, or learning that the audience will accomplish.
- Condition: under what conditions are needed to justify the behavior?
- Degree: to what degree or mastery, how will it be done (speed, accuracy, quality, etc.)?
Principles of High Quality Assessment
- Principle 1: Clarity of Learning Targets.
- Principle 2: Appropriate Assessment Methods.
- The principles of high quality assessment empower educators to be more effective by optimizing assessment use to boost student achievement.
Clarity of Learning Targets
- Assessment can be made precise, accurate, and dependable only if what are to be achieved are clearly stated and feasible.
- Clear learning targets serve as a guide in creating assessment tools.
Learn about the principles that guide high quality assessment in education. Understand how these principles ensure tests are useful, appropriate, effective, and plausible for students.
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