Texas A&M University – Commerce
Master’s of Education in Secondary Education – MED
MISD & A&M – Commerce Partnership Cohort 2010
SED 513 Secondary School Curriculum – 3SH
Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
What?
The teaching strategy that I was to use was Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback. This strategy is very beneficial to everyone that uses it both in and out of the classroom. It allows an individual to really think about the goals that they want to accomplish and the steps that need to taken to reach the goal set.
So What?
I have found this strategy to be very effective in the athletic setting. I use the example of athletics because the athletes are able to sit down everyday and evaluate their performance. I have my receivers at the beginning of every year right down what their goal is for the end of the season and they then tape it to the inside of their locker. This goal is a team goal and how they want the season to turn out. This goal is seen every day every time he opens his locker to get ready for practice. I also have the receivers write down, on Monday, a weekly goal for Friday, which is game day. This goal gets posted on the outside of the locker so they can see it as soon as they get to their locker. This goal is a personal goal, could be anything from getting to play to scoring a touchdown to having over a hundred yards receiving. Whatever goal that individual receiver has. The last goal written down is a daily goal, which they write down before they go out to practice. These goals have to relate to the weekly goal, what things do they have to do everyday to be able to reach that goal on Friday. The daily goals are to be evaluated before they leave home for the day. Did the receiver meet his daily go? If the answer is no then what did he fail to do to meet that goal? Can he still reach his weekly goal by not reaching his daily goal? The daily goals are stacked on the front of the locker next to the weekly goal; so the receiver can see what he needs to work on to reach his goal. I have tried a goal notebook, spiral notebook, and index cards but have found that for the daily and weekly goals post it notes work best. I have them write their season goal on an index card and tape it to the inside of their locker where they can see it.
Now What?
I will continue to use goals because it gives a purpose for the everyday practice and gives the individual to something to strive for. The providing feedback is an everyday, every play thing that I do for each of my players. I tell them something after every play whether I am praising them for what they did right or correcting them for what they need to fix. I explain both to them and why it would or would not work. I do some goal setting in the classroom especially at the beginning of a new lesson but I need to do more. What you Think you Know, What you Know, and what you want to learn is an example of what I use in class. What makes it so easy to do in athletics is that I have fewer athletes to instruct, they want to be there, they want to learn, and they want to get better. This is not always the case in the classroom. I do try and provide lots of feedback in the classroom but then again not everyone likes to be praised in public and some hate to be corrected.
Master’s of Education in Secondary Education – MED
MISD & A&M – Commerce Partnership Cohort 2010
SED 513 Secondary School Curriculum – 3SH
Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
What?
The teaching strategy that I was to use was Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback. This strategy is very beneficial to everyone that uses it both in and out of the classroom. It allows an individual to really think about the goals that they want to accomplish and the steps that need to taken to reach the goal set.
So What?
I have found this strategy to be very effective in the athletic setting. I use the example of athletics because the athletes are able to sit down everyday and evaluate their performance. I have my receivers at the beginning of every year right down what their goal is for the end of the season and they then tape it to the inside of their locker. This goal is a team goal and how they want the season to turn out. This goal is seen every day every time he opens his locker to get ready for practice. I also have the receivers write down, on Monday, a weekly goal for Friday, which is game day. This goal gets posted on the outside of the locker so they can see it as soon as they get to their locker. This goal is a personal goal, could be anything from getting to play to scoring a touchdown to having over a hundred yards receiving. Whatever goal that individual receiver has. The last goal written down is a daily goal, which they write down before they go out to practice. These goals have to relate to the weekly goal, what things do they have to do everyday to be able to reach that goal on Friday. The daily goals are to be evaluated before they leave home for the day. Did the receiver meet his daily go? If the answer is no then what did he fail to do to meet that goal? Can he still reach his weekly goal by not reaching his daily goal? The daily goals are stacked on the front of the locker next to the weekly goal; so the receiver can see what he needs to work on to reach his goal. I have tried a goal notebook, spiral notebook, and index cards but have found that for the daily and weekly goals post it notes work best. I have them write their season goal on an index card and tape it to the inside of their locker where they can see it.
Now What?
I will continue to use goals because it gives a purpose for the everyday practice and gives the individual to something to strive for. The providing feedback is an everyday, every play thing that I do for each of my players. I tell them something after every play whether I am praising them for what they did right or correcting them for what they need to fix. I explain both to them and why it would or would not work. I do some goal setting in the classroom especially at the beginning of a new lesson but I need to do more. What you Think you Know, What you Know, and what you want to learn is an example of what I use in class. What makes it so easy to do in athletics is that I have fewer athletes to instruct, they want to be there, they want to learn, and they want to get better. This is not always the case in the classroom. I do try and provide lots of feedback in the classroom but then again not everyone likes to be praised in public and some hate to be corrected.
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