Writing assignment 4
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Writing_Goals___Objectives_for_Action_Research1.pptWriting Goals & Objectives for Action Research
EDU708
Fall 2020
Goals
Long term benchmark
- Examples:
The students will read on grade level.
The students will complete 5-digit long division problems
The students will demonstrate age-appropriate receptive language skills.
The students will improve math (or reading) performance on the mandated accountability test.
Objectives
Each objective represents a step in between baseline and achievement of the goal.
Some are sequential
Some represent prerequisite skills or concepts
Some can be worked on concurrently
Some are formative assessments, some will be summative.
Sequential: phonemes, morphemes: add, subtract. Concurrent: sight word, decoding
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An objective tells you:
- Who will do what,
- when will they be able to do it, and
- how will that be measured?
The components of the objective
- WHO:
The students (meaning the entire target group)
The parents
The teachers
Eight fifth-grade students
Tips
- Do not use percentages!
Example of the problem:
“90% of the students” could be
20.7 of 23;
9 of 10;
7.2 of 8;
10.8 of 12; or
90 of 100 students, etc.
Just give the actual number of subjects.
The components of the objective
- WHAT & By How Much
Improve reading comprehension to 80% mastery level
Improve writing skills by one level
Demonstrate mastery of 20 Dolch grade ___ sight words.
Demonstrate mastery of the times tables through 9.
Demonstrate mastery of four-digit subtraction.
Demonstrate age ___ expressive language skills.
The components of the objective
- WHEN
During the second week of intervention
At the end of four weeks of implementation
At the end of three weeks of training on PLCs
At the end of the lesson on the silent e
At the end of the unit on the civil war
The components of the objective
HOW will “success” be measured”?
85% mastery level, as measured by the Informal Reading Inventory
an increase of one level, as measured by the Test of Expressive Language Development
on-grade-level performance on the Dolch Sight Word List
one level improvement on the Writing rubric
100% mastery on a teacher-made test (see Appendix ___)
Tips
Use action verbs:
name
answer in writing
calculate
explain verbally
diagram
translate
define
draw
match
conjugate
classify
measure
present
Tips
Do not use: [not observable behavior]
- …will understand….
- …will be aware of….
- …will appreciate……
- …will feel better about……
- …will like…
- …will learn
Examples
- By the end of week three of the project, at least 10 of the 12 students will recite the times tables through six, as noted by a teacher observation checklist (see Appendix -)
- By the end of the unit on dinosaurs, the students will label at least 10 of the 12 pictures of dinosaurs.
- During week four, after reading a chapter in the book, students will identify the main idea, characters, and setting at “meets expectation,” as measured by a teacher made rubric (see Appendix -).
Examples
- By the end of six weeks of training and practice, teachers will write a lesson plan that includes adaptations for students with at least two different types of special needs, as evidenced by lesson plan book.
- At least 12 of the 14 students will earn a passing score on the teacher-made math posttest in week twelve.
