c)+Big+Hairy+Goals+Gp1

 What do you want your students to be able to //do// when they are done with your course? Several months down the road? Next year? Five years from now? As you write your goals, keep the following in mind: 
 * Set one to three overarching goals for your course. **
 * **Factor in context. ** Who are your students, and what do they need? Remember what you wrote on course context for the tasks in Part 1 of this activity
 * **Set student-focused goals. **
 * **Phrase your goals as ** //"Students will be able to…"// or "//I want students to be able to…"//.
 * **Avoid phrases such as ** //"I want to expose students to…"// or //"I want to show students that…"//. Don't fall into the trap of writing a goal that says //"I want students to be able to be exposed to…."!//
 * **Set goals involving higher order thinking skills. **
 * **Use verbs that signal higher order thinking skills **, such as //derive, predict, analyze, design, interpret, synthesize, formulate, plan, correlate, evaluate, create, critique// and //adapt//.
 * **Avoid verbs that signal lower order thinking skills **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">, such as //list, explain, calculate, know about, identify, describe, recognize, summarize, discuss, define, recall, paraphrase//, and //locate//.
 * **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Set goals that are concrete, have measurable outcomes, and provide clear direction for course design. **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Avoid verbs such as //understand, appreciate, value//.
 * <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Remember that there is no one right set of overarching goals for a course. Different instructors with different students will likely have different goals or phrase goals differently even if the course is on the same topic. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
 * Our 'Big Hairy' Goals**
 * Students will be able to analyze characteristics to create classifications of their own about the insect world.
 * Students will be able to formulate a core question and design,plan and carry out a research project to answer their core question.
 * Students will be able to evaluate their new knowledge and apply it when constructing a habitat for their minibeast.