1. CSCE 1040

2. Session Objectives After class today, students will be able to:
Describe how instructional objectives are useful in course design and student prep
Find an electronic version of the web page for Spring 2013’s CSCE 1040, sections 1 and 2
Log on to the CSE computers
Hit a life-sized picture of Phil Sweany with a dart from 8 feet away while standing on one foot and imbibing a beverage of choice

3. New and Different
Voluntary recitation sections in NTDP F222 and/or F218
Monday 10:00-noon (except 1/21)
Tuesday 11:30am – 1:30pm (except 1/15)
Tuesday 2:00 – 4:00pm (except 1/15)
Wednesday 2:00 – 4:00pm
Wednesday 6:30 – 8:30pm
Thursday 11:00am – 1:00pm
Friday 8:00 – 10:00am

4. Instructional Objectives
“An intent communicated by a statement describing a proposed change in the learner” (Mager 1962)
Describes how learner demonstrates that objective reached
Describes important conditions
Indicates how to evaluate performance

5. Objectives Answer Where am I going? How shall I get there?
How will I know I’ve arrived .
(What will be on the exam?)

6. Why ? Leads teacher, student towards goal(s)
Allows prioritizing topics
Leads to well-structured course (???)
Makes preparing exams easy
Study aid for students

7. Examples (The student will be able to:)
Solve quadratic equations
Given a list of 35 chemical elements, recall and write the valences of at least 30
Demonstrate an appreciation of music
Know the rules of football
Given a list of algebraic equations with one unknown, solve for the unknown without aid of references, tables, or calculating devices

8. Quiz 1
What programming language(s) are you comfortable using to write programs?
Have you used Unix/Linux systems?
Have you used command-line operating system(s)?
Have you taken CSCE 1030 at UNT at least as recently as Fall 2010?

9. Quiz 2
Please PRINT you name as legibly as you can on an otherwise blank sheet of paper. (I’ll use this to determine who has shown up to class “at least once.”)