I believe that a clear objective is critical to a well-taught lesson. A purpose must be identified in order to facilitate academic achievement. Chapter 4 describes the necessity of a content concept and skill. Teachers have a responsibility to produce understandable activities that promote and measure mastery.
When speaking of multiple examples of improvement through standards based education, Shmoker and Marzano said, “…teachers knew exactly what students needed to learn, what to teach to, where to improve, and what to work on with colleagues. Clear, common learning standards—manageable in number—promote better results. They are essential to focus and to coherence.” To me, this is the heart of teaching; it’s about what students need and how we give it to them.
Adi Serna cited the text with, “On page 73 of the text it mentions, ‘Assessment should provide information on what students already do well and pinpoint what they still need to learn.” I looked for this, as I remembered reading it and did not find it until reading Adi’s blog. This quote supports the ideas from the Marzano article, and to me, what is simply good teaching.
While reading Maria Tate’s blog, I was interested and thought it was neat that she spoke so openly about treating student fairly and having an open mind. It’s true and honest that we have different expectations from different students; sometimes even unfairly.
Shmoker, M, & Marzano, R. (1999). Using Standards and assessments realizing the promise of standards-based education . Educational Leadership, 56(6)
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