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Learning Goals

Big Picture Learning has defined five academically applied learning goals that each student must meet. These learning goals are accomplished through independent project work, school based workshops, learning in the real world, college courses and community service.

HOW DO I PROVE IT?

Empirical Reasoning

  • Developing strategies to prove ideas

  • Research

  • Logic

HOW DO I MEASURE OR REPRESENT IT?

Quantitative Reasoning

  • basic operations

  • tables and graphs

  • algebra, geometry and statistics

  • estimating and number sense

HOW DO I TAKE IN AND EXPRESS INFORMATION?

Communication

  • Listening and speaking

  • Writing and reading

  • Foreign language

  • Computers and multimedia

  • Creative expression

WHAT DO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS?

Social Reasoning

  • Past experience/history

  • Understanding diverse perspectives

  • Citizenship, cooperation, and conflict resolution

WHAT DO I BRING TO THIS PROCESS?

Personal Qualities

  • Respect, responsibility, perseverance, organization and self-awareness

  • Leadership

  • Physical fitness