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Starting the Lesson:
Goals, Objectives & Anticipatory Sets
Alice Wilson and Jen McLaughlin
Definitions
• Goals
• Objectives/Outcomes
National Standards
Higher Education
http://tinyurl.com/3q3uy6
National Standards
School Library
Standards
http://tinyurl.com/6rg6u6
Objectives are…
S pecific
Measurable
Attainable
Results-focused
T imely
Questions To Help Develop Objectives
1. What will my students accomplish
during this lesson?
2. To what level will the students perform a
task in order for the lesson to be
successful?
3. How will students show they understood
and learned the goals of the lesson?
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Domain
Appropriate verbs
Verb Wheel Based on Bloom's Taxonomy
Student products
Activity
Write 2 student learning
objectives for a library
instruction session that
you have taught or are
planning to teach.
Anticipatory Sets
Definition
A brief activity or
event at the
beginning of the
lesson that effectively
engages students’
attention and focuses
their thoughts on the
learning objectives.
Anticipatory Sets…
• Create an organizing framework for new
ideas.
• Helps students understand abstract ideas
through analogy and personal
connection.
• Acts as a bridge from prior knowledge.
• Provide continuity from previous lessons.
Examples
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Short Pre-test
Question
Quote
Picture
Demonstration
Shock
Humor
Pertinent News Item
Short Clip
Activity
Brainstorm ideas
for possible
anticipatory sets.