Optimizing the Efficacy of Learning Objectives through Pretests Journal Articles

abstract

• The inclusion of learning objectives at the beginning of a lesson is widely adopted in science education, but do they improve learning? Three controlled lab studies systematically explore how learning objectives can be optimized to lead to learning gains.

authors

• Sana, Faria
• Forrin, Noah D
• Sharma, Mrinalini
• Dubljevic, Tamara
• Ho, Peter
• Jalil, Ezza
• Kim, Joseph

status

• published 

publication date

• September 2020

has subject area

• 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy (FoR)
• Education (Science Metrix)
• Educational Measurement (MeSH)
• Feedback (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Learning (MeSH)
• Reading (MeSH)
• Students (MeSH)

published in

• CBE Life Sciences Education  Journal

keywords

• Educational Measurement
• Feedback
• Humans
• Learning
• Reading
• Students

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1187/cbe.19-11-0257

start page

• ar43

end page

• ar43

volume

• 19

issue

• 3