Planning Instruction:A workshop for Learning & Goal-

setting

Card Q: What is the skill you are thinking of teaching your student?

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LEARNING PLAN AND GOALS WORKSHOP

Workshop Reminders for Groups:Stay on taskTake turnsEncourage everyone to speakHelp each other understandEveryone takes notes—use the assignment handout

FIELD VISITS 3 & 4: INSTRUCTION

STEPS:1.Identify a skill to teach2.Use formative assessment to find out how much the student already knows3.Help the student set a learning goal for the skill4.Teach5.Repeat assessment fin find out how much the student learned.6.Give student feedback about how much they learned7.Help student review how much progress they made on their learning goal 8.Help student set new learning goal as their ZPD raises.

STEP 1: IDENTIFYING A SKILL

Skill Checklist

• Should be a simple skill• Should be something the teacher wants you to

help with• Should be something you could teach in one

session• Should be something you can measure• GO AROUND THE CIRCLE AND REPORT SKILL

IDEAS TO YOUR FAMILY• WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?

STEP 2: PLANNING THE TEACHING

Best teaching plans include:

• Some easy and some harder levels of a skill• Challenges to encourage higher order thinking• Teach in ways that build on prior learning and

interests of the student(s)• Based on Best Practice ideas– Go to recommended websites, program area

professors, texts, etc for your ideas!!!!

STEP 3: MEASURING LEARNINGEasiest way: Use same thing before and after teaching

Measurement checklist• Simple and quick• Actually measure what you want it to measure• You measure a sample of every skill you plan to

teach• You have a way to record and keep track of

performance while measuring. • You include some higher-order items in the

measurement• Suggestion: Create a graph, showing student

how they did for later comparison

ExamplesSkill Measurement

Learning multiplication tables (7s) Lower order: Give student a simple worksheet to fill out with mixed-up 7s on it; Higher order: Ask student if they can predict what 7 x 8 will be if 7 x 7 is 49. . . Then ask them to explain why this works

Tying a shoe Lower order: Give student a big shoe and ask them to tie it—break into steps on a checklist you can use to find out where student is making the mistakeHigher order: Ask student a metacognitive question: What helps you remember how to do something that is hard? Then ask student if they can apply that trick to learning how to tie shoes.

Now lets do one togetherSkill Measurement

Lower order: Higher order:

Lower order: Higher order:

Remember: Higher order questions often require that students predict, analyze, apply, come up with new information based on old, etc.

In your groups:

1. Pick one skill2. Come up with a simple way to measure3. Include higher and lower order

measurements4. RAISE YOUR HAND FOR ME TO COME WHEN

YOU FINISH THIS

STEP 4: MATERIALS

Use what is in the room if possibleIf you create something, consider offering it to the teacher. . .

STEP 5: GOAL-SETTING

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Goal-setting

• Students who set goals achieve more• Stating a goal in public increase likelihood it

will be met by 50%• Students need help from teachers:– Regular monitoring of progress on goals– Turning goals into small steps– Modifying goals if the original goal does not work

“Rules” for goals

1. Must be specific and measureable

2. Must be realistic but challenging

3. Must be set by students, not teachers

Learning Goals

• Goals should be about what student wants to learn, not how they will compare to others or what grade they want to get!!!!!

• YES: I want to learn to write an interesting descriptive sentence.

• NO: I want to get an “A” on my essay.• YES: I want to make 80% of all the free shows

I shoot.• NO: I want to be the best free-shooter.

Learning Goal for your Student

• BEFORE TEACHING– How well do you think you will do on this task?– How well would you like to do?– My goal for this task is_______________.

• AFTERWARDS:– How well did you do? Did you meet your goal?– What helped you learn?– What interfered with your learning?– My next learning goal is _____________. I can

achieve this goal by _______________________.

Goal-setting Materials

• Linked to S-L Website• You can design your own

Instruction

• Link to prior learning and student interests• Use websites for your content areas for ideas• Include – challenge level items (higher order thinking)– Some way to encourage metacognition skills

Measure again

• Repeat simple pre-assessment measure• Keep a visible record to show student– Have student graph own work or keep track of

things in some way

Analyzing LearningCompare pre- with post-assessment: Step 1: Look at the numbers: Did student make gains?

In what areas? Do the math: how much gain did the student(s) make?

Step 2: Look at the patterns: What types of things are difficult? Were rote things easier, and higher-order thing harder, for example? Are certain content-connected items harder?

Step 3: Review your notes: Did the student learn quickly at first, or only have several repetitions? What did you notice that helped or hindered learning? What would you change if you did this again?

STEP 6: GIVING FEEDBACK

Purpose

• Help students see they can learn• Link student learning to their work, not their

intelligence• Use visible evidence to prove student gains– Chart or graph– Use of original goal-setting sheet is a good idea

• Get student to explain what they would like to learn next—have a script prepared. . .

Feedback

• Feedback on Goal– “You set a goal for _________, and you achieved

_________.” Your hard work shows (not “You are very smart.”)

– What helped you learn? What would help you learn more?

• Track progress—do this visibly if possible.• Set another learning goal:• “Next time I work on _______ I want to achieve

________”