Learning Targets
Minutes with Charlie 13
Monday, April 14th, 2008The fourth type or category of learning target that we will consider is that of the product targets. Products are things created by the student that will give evidence of knowledge and understanding, reasoning, and/or skills. When the standards or TEKS call for the student to create or produce something, it usually calls for [...]
Minutes with Charlie 12
Monday, April 7th, 2008 The third type of learning target from an assessment perspective is that of a skill target. Skill targets are in essence performances that must be demonstrated by the student and observed by the teacher and others to be assessed.
In skill targets it is the doing of the skill that holds primary importance. In [...]
Minutes with Charlie - Eleven
Monday, March 31st, 2008 The second type of learning target from an assessment perspective is that of a reasoning target. Reasoning targets are in essence related to the mental process of applying the knowledge and understanding in various situations or problems.
We often hear teachers say something along the lines of “these kids just don’t know how to [...]
Minutes with Charlie - Ten
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Perhaps the most recurring theme in discussions on classroom assessment for learning is that of clearly defined, articulated, and understood learning targets. These learning targets come to the forefront in discussions on the district initiatives of Performance Excellence, Understanding by Design, and Classroom Assessment.
From an assessment perspective if we do not begin with [...]
Thoughts on Learning Targets
Friday, February 22nd, 2008One of the core competencies of classroom assessment is the presence of clearly defined, understood, and articulated learning targets. If a learning target is not clearly defined we will have the teacher instructing in a quite unfocused manner as well as the student aiming at an unclear target. If it is clearly defined, it is [...]
Minutes with Charlie 7
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Three questions confront students in the learning process. In order to succeed in the mission of learning, the students must be able to answer all three. A quality classroom assessment program provides the student with the answer to all three on a regular basis.
The first of the three questions is “Where am I [...]