Although Casey Yost had done well in her college classes, she was having a difficult time with her student teaching. Her mentor teacher continually scolded her for not correctly writing her objectives...

Although Casey Yost had done well in her college classes, she was having a difficult time with her student teaching. Her mentor teacher continually scolded her for not correctly writing her objectives and rushing through lessons. Casey did not understand how she could both make her lessons clear and manage to cover the material necessary for the students’ upcoming standardized tests. “Casey, if your students don’t understand the material, it won’t make a difference if you cover the material or not. Let’s review one of your objectives for the upcoming lesson. ‘Students will understand fractions.’ This objective is too general. How can you measure if your students ‘understand’? You need to select words that correspond to specific actions that you can observe or measure. Let’s try to develop a few objectives that are more specific.”

5. In what ways can Casey Yost avoid writing objectives that are too general?

6. List several strategies that Casey can employ during instruction to teach her students more effectively.