The Effect of the Learning Targets on Assessment Tasks

Abstract

      Before starting teaching, teachers must establish the needs of the learners and this could be done best by determining or recognizing the learning targets which should be clearly stated and there should be matching between the learning targets and the assessment tasks. Learning targets are the interim academic goals that teachers establish for students who are working toward meeting more comprehensive learning standards.

        Despite the importance of the learning targets in leaning and teaching in general and for assessemnet tasks in particular  , most teachers donot realize this or ignore it  or may be donot know how to write learning targets and matching them with the assessment tasks. This study is an attempt to present a framework for understanding  the importance of learning targets  where they play an integral role in teaching and learning and in assessment tasks .The study also tries to draw the intention to an important view which is involving students by sharing them the learning targets and self assessment.

     Consequently ,the major aims of this study are to :

1.explore the effect of learning  targets on assessment tasks and to

1. present a model of writibg learning targets according to Bloom’s cognitive domain and machibg them with the assessment tasks.

     In order to achieve the aims of the study , the following procedures are going to be followed  :

1.carry out theoretical review related to learning targets and assessment  ,providing satisfactory definitions and identifying types  and  the  importance of them ,

2.survey the most prominent taxonomies for educational targets ,

3.investigate the effect of learning targets on assessment tasks,

4.apply Bloom’s taxonomy to write a model of matching learning targets with the assessment tasks.

       It is hoped that this study will be beneficial to EFL teachers of English language since it deals with two important points that affect the process of learning and teaching :the leaning targets and assessment which fall under applied linguistics.