How can the creation of a student sample help me clarify my unit expectations and improve my instructional design? How can I ensure students will achieve the learning objectives when creating their student projects?
The creation of a student sample can help me clarify my unit expectations and improve my instructional design by allowing me to experience what the students will be doing and noting if the final product that is made will be developmentally appropriate for my students. By experiencing what the students will be completing, I can have a better understanding of what my expectations should be for the unit because it will be done from the perspective of the student. My expectations of what is to be discovered or to learn could increase or decrease after the student sample is created. I would want to make sure that the students are given opportunities to apply their higher order thinking skills and technology skills in the assessment. This, in turn, would improve my instructional design. I would look back to all levels of my CFQs and determine if those were clearly answered in the sample. I can ensure the students will achieve the learning objectives when creating their student projects by evaluating how well the learning objectives correlate with the student sample and lesson. I need to ask if all the learning objectives are evident in the sample? Again, if it is not evident, this would be an opportunity to improve or change the instructional design of the unit plan.
I can apply this information into my classroom by creating student samples and examining them closely. Creating a student sample for every learning objective would be time consuming and a lot of work, but it would give a deeper understanding in the content and what the student's perspective would look like. I believe it would greatly benefit any teacher that is willing to take the time to dive in deeper into their planning and teaching methods.
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