Transfer Goals final

Transfer Goals “The ability to transfer is arguably the long-term aim of all education. You truly understand and excel when you can take what you have learned in one way or context and use it in another, on your own.” (2011 McTighe and Wiggins) : 

Transfer Goals “The ability to transfer is arguably the long-term aim of all education. You truly understand and excel when you can take what you have learned in one way or context and use it in another, on your own.” (2011 McTighe and Wiggins)

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Transfer goals state the long-term accomplishments that students should be able to do with knowledge and skill, on their own . Transfer goals answer the questions, “Why should I learn this?” “What can I do with this?”

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The successful driver, soccer player, historian, or mathematician can size up a new challenge and transfer learning efficiently and effectively. Someone who learned only by rote cannot (2011 McTighe and Wiggins).

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What kind of long-term independent accomplishments are desired?

Examples of Transfer Goals: 

Examples of Transfer Goals Critically evaluate historical accounts. Use knowledge of time to make plans and schedule activities. Communicate effectively in the target language, in various situations with different challenges to understanding (speed, accent, over phone, etc.). Create and perform an original work in a selected medium to express ideas and evoke mood and/or emotion.

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Wiggins, Grant P., and Jay McTighe . The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-quality Units . Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2011. Print. Ainsworth, Larry. Rigorous Curriculum Design: How to Create Curricular Units of Study That Align Standards, Instruction, and Assessment . Englewood, CO: Lead Learn, 2010. Print. For additional examples, please reference the Transfer Goal Handout. Sources