MO EDU-SAIL Learning Packages Developing Assessment Capable Learners: Part 1 | Page 30

Professional Development to Practice
Informing the students of the learning
ta rge t by te lling the m wha t it is or by
writing it on the boa rd is not sufficient.
❑ Most "lesson objectives" are written in
language for teachers.
❑ Discussion about what a lesson objective
means can help students express the
objective in their own words and clarify the
concept in their own minds.
(Brookhart & Moss, 2009)