Improve Objectives By Asking “Then What?” — from byrdseed.com by Ian Byrd

Excerpt:

As a new teacher, so many of my objectives stopped at a very low level of thinking.

  • Students will understand Z.
  • Students will know the difference between X and Y.
  • Students will be able to explain C.

When I look at these objectives now, they leave me asking, “then what?”

Ok. My students know the difference between X from Y. They can explain C. They understand fact Z. “What do they do now?”