Student learning objectives are focused on the outcomes and taking it right from the book by saying they are what the student will be able to do after the lesson is taught. After a lesson of geometry for example a student will be able to find the circumference of a circle, they will be able to find the radius of a circle; they will be able to find the area of the circle. Such items like that, a student will be able to do those things, or those are at least the objectives you hope your teaching allows a student to be able to complete.
The Understanding by Design model is used to see if the student is understanding the material they are trying to learn. It is also referred to as the “backward design” because you start with sometimes more complex items or the smaller more basic items in some cases to achieve the greater goal or overall understanding. Once again to use a geometry example, if the end goal is for the students to understand how to find the area of a circle they must learn the steps and be able to identify where to get the information for each step. The equation for the area of the circle is A=πr^2. Now for a student that would be confusing but the end goal is for a student to understand that so as a teacher you need to break it down and say that π is a button on your calculator you use or you can use the numbers 3.14. Next the r stands for the radius which is from the center to the edge of the circle. You must explain all of those concepts so when a student is presented with a circle with numbers and points given they can execute and find the area of the circle therefore, being able to understand the area of a circle.
I'm glad you got it a little better than I did. I really had a problem seeing the difference between the two even with the examples in the book. I think it's something I just need to talk through.
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