Learning Targets

Which of the following is a benefit for teachers when they implement effective Learning Targets?

• Helps identify appropriate assessments

• Increases intentional teaching by narrowing the focus of the lesson and identifies what needs to be taught.

• Provides check points for teachers to assess student learning throughout the lesson.

• All of the above

Learning targets should be written in student friendly language.

• True

• False

Learning Targets should be global and cover the entire standard.

• True

• False

Learning Targets should be addressed throughout the lesson and guide the instruction.

• True

• False

Which of the following is true?

• Improving the teaching-learning process requires everyone in the school.

• Improving the teaching-learning process requires only teachers and students.

• Improving the teaching-learning process requires students to determine the learning target for the day.

• Improving the teaching-learning process requires teachers and admin to determine specific learning targets.

What are the three components that a lesson should contain?

• Learning target

• Performance of understanding

• Warmup

• Success criteria

Which of the following statements is not true?

• Learning targets are the same as instructional objectives.

• Learning targets are written from students' points of view.

• Teachers share learning targets with students by telling, showing, and engaging in a performance of understanding.

• The right learning target for today's lesson builds on previous lessons' learning targets.

True or False: Learning targets help promote mastery learning among students.

• True

• False

True or False: It is not a learning target unless both the teacher and the students aim for it during the day's lesson.

• True

• False

How often should a learning target be used?

• It is planned for a week's worth of lessons

• It is planned for one day's lesson

• It is planned for a year of instruction

• It is planned monthly