1. Ensuring Success through Assessment – Start with Concrete Objectives

2. What do you think is important in writing objectives?
Reflection
What do you think is important in writing objectives?
Preview
Defining objectives is an important step in developing effective formative assessments. Think about the prompt on the screen and write down your ideas.
Ask one or two participants to share what they wrote about objectives.

3. Video
Play the video.

4. What are three adjectives that describe a well-written objective?
1._______________________________________________
2._______________________________________________
3._______________________________________________
Review 1 
Ask participants for answers and type them on the screen. 
Possible answers: 
concrete 
measurable 
observable 
assessable 

5. Categorize the verbs below into the two columns.
Observable
Not Observable
Review 2
Call on participants to categorize the verbs, or have them come to the screen to do the activity.
Answers:
OBSERVABLE: answer questions; count; distinguish or identify; point; talk or write about; listen and point NOT OBSERVABLE: know; learn; understand
answer questions
count
distinguish or identify
understand
talk or write about
learn
listen and point
know