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Aims, Goals & Objectives

Aims are general statements about general learning outcomes.
Goals are statements of educational intention. They are more specific than aims and goals adjust to the theme of your unit.
Objectives are specific statements which describe the student's behavior and the measurable outcomes to be achieved.

The sources for formulating aims, goals and objectives are as follows: aims - NYS Standards, goals - State Standards, objectives - teacher formulated.

Bloom's Taxonomy helps you write objectives because it organizes thinking skills into six levels. By using the terms (verbs) in Bloom's Taxonomy, the learner is enabled to reach higher-order thinking.

In order to teach and have the students learn, the teacher must create conditions for the student's independent learning. A student and teacher enter from two different directions and they each bring their skills and strategies. The student brings their ability to cope and process their abilities. A learner must take the acquired information, process it, understand it and store it to use or draw from successfully again. Teaching can be described as giving knowledge or skills through creative learning activities.