How Can I Clarify Fuzzy Learning Goals?
Program includes a CD with the audio presentation, plus supplemental materials, PowerPoint slides, and complete transcript • $99
To effectively teach and assess student performance, as well as to help students learn at an optimal level, it is important that learning goals be as clear as possible.
During this seminar, Linda Suskie will discuss a variety of ways to clarify learning goals that may be vague or unclear.
In this 20 minute program, you will learn:
- The impact of fuzzy learning goals on students’ ability to learn.
- How to clarify goals that are vague or unclear.
- How to use rubrics, describe successful behaviors or ask “Why?” to help clarifying fuzzy learning goals.
Suskie recommends that you:
- Use action words that describe what graduates should be able to do.
- Brainstorm how successful and unsuccessful alumni would differ.
- Use rubrics or rating scales to help define broad goals
The program also includes supplemental materials that feature examples of fuzzy learning goals, checklists, and recommended resources.
Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this program, you will know how to:
- Clearly explain and demonstrate learning goals so your students understand them.
- How to use clarifying or demonstration techniques that include: (1) using action words that describe what graduates should be able to do, and (2) using rubrics or rating scales to help define broad goals.
How Can I Clarify Fuzzy Learning Goals? • CD • $99
This Magna 20-Minute Mentor includes a CD with the audio presentation, supplemental materials, a copy of the PowerPoint slides and the program’s transcript.
Want to make this program available for your entire campus?
Contact us about a Campus Access License to load the CD onto your institution’s internal web site for unlimited, convenient on-demand access to members of the campus community. The Campus Access License is ideal for for ongoing group or individual training or to build a library of professional development material.
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Linda Suskie is the vice president of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. She is a speaker, writer and consultant on a broad range of higher education assessment topics, including planning assessment programs, crafting learning goals, assessment tools, and using assessment results to improve teaching and learning. Her latest book is Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide published by Jossey-Bass.