Creating and Aligning Learning Objectives-Worksheet for creating/organizing learning objectives with Fink's Taxonomy (download and fill)

Worksheet for creating/organizing learning objectives with Fink's Taxonomy (download and fill)

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This worksheet, adapted from L.D. Fink of the University of Oklahoma, guides educators in formulating learning objectives designed to promote significant learning across six key areas:<br /><br />1. Foundational Knowledge: Objectives focus on what essential information—facts, terms, concepts, principles, relationships—students should understand and retain long-term, including core ideas and perspectives important to the course.<br /><br />2. Thoughtful Application of Knowledge: Objectives emphasize developing critical thinking skills such as analytical evaluation, creative imagination and creation, and practical problem-solving and decision-making. They also consider essential skills students need to acquire for applying knowledge effectively.<br /><br />3. Integration of Concepts and Information: Objectives encourage students to recognize and make connections among ideas within the course, between course material and other academic areas, and between course content and their personal, social, or professional experiences.<br /><br />4. Human Dimensions: Objectives help students learn about themselves and gain insight into understanding and interacting with others meaningfully.<br /><br />5. Caring: Objectives aim to foster changes in students’ values, feelings, interests, or ideas, encouraging a deeper emotional or value-based engagement with the subject matter.<br /><br />6. Learning How to Learn: Objectives support helping students become effective learners by teaching them how to succeed in the course, how to approach learning the specific subject matter, and how to become self-directed learners who can identify and pursue their own learning goals independently.<br /><br />The questions under each goal serve as prompts to assist educators in crafting clear, comprehensive learning objectives that collectively ensure a holistic and impactful educational experience.

Keywords

Significant Learning

Learning Objectives

Foundational Knowledge

Critical Thinking

Integration of Concepts

Human Dimensions

Emotional Engagement

Self-Directed Learning

Educational Framework

L.D. Fink