1. EDUC W200 Week 5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES
Beginning with the end in mind

2. EDUC W200 Week 5
WHAT ARE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Let’s see some examples first.
After completing the lesson, the student will be able to:
• create a picture of a real life item with at least four kinds of
shapes, and name all the characteristics of the shapes used
(Math example) without any mistakes
• define the literary term dramatic monologue (Language
Arts example)
• create a timeline of the major events in the war of
independence (Social Studies example)

3. EDUC W200 Week 5
THREE COMPONENTS
Generally, learning objectives are written in terms of learning
outcomes: What do you want your students to be able to
do/achieve as a result of the lesson?
• Student Performance as indicated by measureable verbs in
the stem.
• The important condition (if any) under which the
performance is to occur (e.g., at the end of the lesson,
given a pencil and paper
• The criterion of acceptable performance. (e.g., with no
mistakes)
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4. EDUC W200 Week 5
THREE COMPONENTS
Can you identify the three components in this science
example?
After the unit, students will be able to identify states
of matter and provide two real world examples for
each without mistakes.

5. EDUC W200 Week 5
WHICH LEARNING OBJECTIVES ARE BETTER?
After completing the lesson, the student will be able
to:
1. develop an understanding of the solar system
2. recite a poem (or excerpt of text) with fluency
3. understand the historical context of word word I
4. create a venn diagram which compare and contrast
mitosis and meiosis