Nur stressed the importance of informing the students about the learning objectives in her comment on Jan 22 to Afa blog post where he quoted: "Clear objectives can help the instructor design lessons that will be easier for the student to comprehend the teacher to evaluate".
At the end of each session, my students and I evaluate the lesson according to the stated objectives and I introduce the objective(s) for the next session. On the next session, I remind them of the objectives before proceeding with the lesson.
Although it takes a bit of time, I find that this help building the motivation for my students as they feel partners in the learning process (not just receivers). It also helps in building up their anticipation and minimizes the setbacks of their expectations.
Part of the objective exercises and before any test or assessment, I provide my students with the rubric of assessment. I find this also very useful not only as part of the learning but also as a guideline to meet what is expected from them in the learning process. Mind you, I always include some advantages for creativity and critical thinking.
Since I start doing this, I observed a substantive increase in motivation with my students and a re-channeling of competition among each other (where the end justifies the means) to challenging self.
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