Definition:

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AiFL Workshop
13th November 2008
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Todays Learning Outcome

• By the end of this workshop you should be able
  to
• Understand the relationship between Learning
  Outcomes and Success Criteria

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Learning Outcomes

• What are they?
• When/how can we use them?

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Definition
LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Simple, specific statements which should derive
  from programmes of study.
• What teachers want pupils to have learned or be
  able to do by the end of a lesson or series of
  lessons.

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Learning Outcomes Task 1

• You will work in groups to find out what
  legislation laws commonly affects Employers and
  Employees in the workplace and be able to present
  your findings to your classmates via a PowerPoint
  presentation.

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Learning Outcomes Task 1

• You will be able to
• confidently explain that melting is the process
  where a solid turns into a liquid and freezing is
  the process where a liquid turns into a solid.

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Learning Outcomes Task 1

• PE
• Pupils will
• be able to swim front crawl with an efficient leg
  kick

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Learning Outcomes Task 1

• DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
• Pupils will.
• be able to design a box

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Learning Outcomes Task 1

• SCIENCE
• Pupils will
• understand what melting is

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Task 2

• Write down three Learning Outcomes for your own
  subject, which fit this definition.

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Creating Success Criteria

• What is it pupils need to do to achieve the
  Learning Outcome?
• What skills or points do I have to teach so that
  pupils will achieve the Learning Outcome?
• What criteria could I use to measure how
  successful a pupil has been in achieving a
  Learning Outcome?

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SUCCESS CRITERIA

• Definition
• Success Criteria are statements of standards from
  which success in an activity can be measured.
• Success Criteria are summary statements which
  illustrate exactly what it is that pupils must
  know/be able to do to achieve Learning Outcome.

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Learning Outcome Possible Success Criteria

• SCIENCES
• LO Pupils will understand what melting is.
• Possible Success Criteria
• Pupils can describe melting, making the following
  points
• Melting involves solids turning into liquids.
• The particles in the solid move further apart.
• Heat is required for melting to happen.
• Different solids melt at different temperatures.

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Learning Outcome Possible Success Criteria

• PE
• LO - Pupils will be able to swim front crawl with
  an efficient leg kick
• Possible Success Criteria
• Legs will be straight and toes pointed
• Legs will reach a depth of approximately 18
  inches and will only create a bubble at the
  surface.
• Legs will pass close together.
• Body position will be flat and will not rotate.

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Task 3

• Choosing one of your own Learning Outcomes and
  using your definition of Success Criteria, write
  down the possible Success Criteria you could use
  to measure pupil success.

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Todays Learning Outcome

• You will be able to
• Understand the relationship between Learning
  Outcomes and Success Criteria

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Any questions?
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Heading the right way but still stuck in the
station?
On the wrong track?
Right Up Front?
Well On The Way?
Just coming out the tunnel?