Beginning each lesson with a visible learning goal is a highly effective method of focusing students’ attention on the task ahead. Learning goals and success criteria explain to students what they need to know, understand, or do as a result of the lesson’s teaching and learning experiences.

Each slide in this teaching presentation contains a learning goal box and a success criteria box.

It is intended that the teacher will create the success criteria for each learning goal with the students. The success criteria selected will depend on the students’ current abilities and the learning tasks experienced during the lesson.

An example of a STEM learning goal and related success criteria is also included.

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