Definition

Established goals can be the state content standards, district program goals, departmental objectives, and exit-level outcomes.

Why?

These goals can provide the rationale for the short-term goals in each lesson (Wiggins, G. et. al., 2005, p.257).

Explicit goals help align the instructional design steps.

How to?

Do

• Use established long-term goals as an entry point to designing learning goals.
  • Far transfer is the central goal of education.

• Break down complex goals into actionable small steps.
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  • Contextual inquiry

• Set appropriate goals based on learners' prior knowledge and developmental levels.

• Use goals to align assessments and instructions.

• Explain goals explicitly to students.

• Use Bloom's Taxonomy, KLI, or ABCD to specify specific, observable, and measurable learning objectives. (Specific, Observable, and Measurable Objectives)

Consider

• Metacognitive goals

• Knowledge Organization

• Misconceptions

• Student Development

• Prior Knowledge

• Transferability