II.2 The learning objectives address content mastery, critical thinking skills and core learning skills.

(Essential Standard -- 3 points)

Expectations

IMPORTANT: This is a content-related objective, and is reviewed by the course's department, as part of the Content Approval process.

• 1. While learning objectives should be easy enough to understand there should still be use of content mastery and critical thinking skills in the learning objectives at the course and unit/module level.

  2. Critical thinking skills may include the ability to:

  3. distinguish between fact and opinion

  4. distinguish between primary and secondary sources

  5. identify bias and stereotypes

  6. evaluate information sources for point of view, accuracy, usefulness, and timeliness

Examples

• • Select appropriate tax strategies for different financial and personal situations.

  • Develop a comprehensive, individualized wellness-action program focused on overcoming a sedentary lifestyle.

  • Identify the three different ways rocks are formed by learning methods and characteristics of each type: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.

  • Differentiate the various major periods of music by learning the evolutionary path music takes during those periods.