Learning Objective
Learning
Do you ever feel when you’re doing something that you’re ‘in the groove’ or ‘in the zone’? When you’re learning, you really are in the groove; or, to be more specific, in the furrow.
The word learning has its origins in the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root lois (furrow, track). From this source comes Proto-Germanic lisnojanan, Old Frisian lernia, Dutch leren, German lernen, and Old English leornian (to learn). The word learning is from Old English leornung (the action of acquiring knowledge). The word learning, from the mid-14th century, means knowledge acquired by systematic study, research, and experimentation.
PIE lois (track) is also the source of Old English laeste (a shoemaker’s last), the model of a human foot. Old English laeste is from Proto-Germanic laisti, also the source of Old English loeran (to teach). Perhaps a learner can be said to be someone following in the footsteps or track of a teacher?
Object, Objective
The word object has its origins in PIE ye (to throw, to impel; PIE ye is also the origin of the word jet), Latin obicere: ob- (in front of, towards, against) + iacere (to throw), and Latin objectus (lying before, opposite). Latin objectum means ‘the thing put before or in front of’, a word which is the source in the late 14th century of the English word object (a tangible thing, something perceived with or presented to the senses).
An object is something put before (or even thrown before) the senses. As a verb, ‘to object’ (e.g., “I object, your Honor”) is to throw down a challenge (i.e., an ‘objection’).
An objective, meaning a goal or aim, is from 1881.
Learning Objective
A learning objective is a statement which describes what a student will be able to do or perform as a result of instruction and how well the student is expected to perform. The concept and practice of writing such learning objectives, pioneered by Robert Mager in the early 1960s, focuses on what the student will do rather than what the teacher will do.
A learning objective is a challenge or an expectation presented to a student.
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
Do you ever feel when you’re doing something that you’re ‘in the groove’ or ‘in the zone’? When you’re learning, you really are in the groove; or, to be more specific, in the furrow.
The word learning has its origins in the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root lois (furrow, track). From this source comes Proto-Germanic lisnojanan, Old Frisian lernia, Dutch leren, German lernen, and Old English leornian (to learn). The word learning is from Old English leornung (the action of acquiring knowledge). The word learning, from the mid-14th century, means knowledge acquired by systematic study, research, and experimentation.
PIE lois (track) is also the source of Old English laeste (a shoemaker’s last), the model of a human foot. Old English laeste is from Proto-Germanic laisti, also the source of Old English loeran (to teach). Perhaps a learner can be said to be someone following in the footsteps or track of a teacher?
Object, Objective
The word object has its origins in PIE ye (to throw, to impel; PIE ye is also the origin of the word jet), Latin obicere: ob- (in front of, towards, against) + iacere (to throw), and Latin objectus (lying before, opposite). Latin objectum means ‘the thing put before or in front of’, a word which is the source in the late 14th century of the English word object (a tangible thing, something perceived with or presented to the senses).
An object is something put before (or even thrown before) the senses. As a verb, ‘to object’ (e.g., “I object, your Honor”) is to throw down a challenge (i.e., an ‘objection’).
An objective, meaning a goal or aim, is from 1881.
Learning Objective
A learning objective is a statement which describes what a student will be able to do or perform as a result of instruction and how well the student is expected to perform. The concept and practice of writing such learning objectives, pioneered by Robert Mager in the early 1960s, focuses on what the student will do rather than what the teacher will do.
A learning objective is a challenge or an expectation presented to a student.
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
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