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This website offers information on the importance of objectives and explains how the objectives are what drives your lesson plan and the teaching methods that are used. It supplies methods to help teachers create clear course objectives and provides examples of activities that can be used to assess whether students have mastered the objectives.

Spectrum of teaching styles was originally developed by Muska Mosston for physical education, but can be applied to any type of teaching. The website provides detailed information about each teaching style in the spectrum, further explaining each in terms of the teacher's subject matter objectives and behavior objectives. I find this theory to be quite specific about each type of style, which can be useful for both new teachers and teachers who are looking for new ways to teach.

For your visual student learners. Surprisingly, not a new concept.

While this instructor guide was written specifically for teachers at Furman University, it provides a lot of good information for teaching in general including instructions on how to get prepared to teach. It includes information on determining objectives, choosing course materials, outlining course procedures, and choosing methods of instruction-all things that are taken into consideration when creating a lesson plan.

Creating a lesson plan to revolves around your learning objectives.

Interesting article on planning a needs assessment based on organization, occupation, or individual perspective and goals. Good first step in helping to decide what educational objectives you would like your activity to fulfilling these needs.