Asking students to unpack learning objectives with a quick routine helps them connect prior knowledge and feel more prepared ...

In my last post about the inverted/flipped calculus class, I stressed the importance of Guided Practice as a way of structuring students’ pre-class activities and as a means of teaching self-regulated ...

Like many of my colleagues, I assume, I’m growing deeply frustrated with the need for “learning objectives"—that list of superficial projections and assumptions that most syllabi these days are ...

It is easy to view the task of drafting learning objectives as a mere administrative hurdle—one more box to check for a syllabus or a department review. However, when we move beyond the "paperwork" ...

What is Terminal Learning Objective? This is a statement of what a learner will be able to do at the end of a course of instruction. Any course of instruction, whether practical or academic, should ...

What is Bloom’s Taxonomy? In 1956, Benjamin Bloom led a group of educational psychologists in defining the levels of intellectual behavior important to the learning process. They created a pyramid ...

The Sociology Department curriculum is organized around what we would like sociology majors to learn. The six key learning objectives are discussed below, along with the courses from the curriculum ...