2.4 – Learning Objectives versus Learning Targets

Learning targets express what students should know and be able to do, using language that makes sense to our students.  They are derived from the learning objectives written for a lesson.  As you prepare to develop and teach the synchronous lesson with students from CSUSB, it is essential that you write learning targets that students can easily understand since the focus of the lesson is on the students and not you, the teacher.

Learning about Learning Targets

STARTALK has develop a number of resources to support our understanding of learning targets and how to write them.  The first is an overview of learning targets and helps us to distinguish them from learning objectives. Download the following document and read it before you continue:  Learning Targets: Overview (Links to an external site.)

Next, review the following infographic, designed to remind us of how we use formative assessments to track student progress toward learning targets: Learning Targets: At-a-Glance Infographic (Links to an external site.)

Applying What You’ve Learned

We will begin to work with learning targets in our cross-language microteaching.  For now, let’s check your understanding with a short quiz.  Click on the following link to access this quiz: Learning Target Check for Understanding, which must be complete before 11:59 pm on Friday, June 17. 

To Continue

Once you’ve completed this quiz, please continue to the next section, 2.5 – Placing Yourself in the Shoes of the Learner.