Instructional Analysis

Goal Analysis
The learning objective for students of the Entrepreneurship and Small Business class are:
LO1: Define entrepreneurship
LO2: Understand the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur
LO3: Answer the essential question in essay format, "Should I become an Entrepreneur?"

2.1. Classify a Goal into a Domain of Learning

Intellectual skills and verbal information are the learning domains that students will demonstrate while executing the instructional goals. Verbal information includes defining entrepreneurship and engaging in a class discussion where they will ask questions and actively listen to their peers and me, their teacher, who will guide the conversation. Students' intellectual abilities are applied to distinguish and interpret evidence examining why some entrepreneurs succeed or fail. Students will discover and explore what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur by identifying a successful entrepreneur's characteristics and traits. Students will be able to compare and contrast the potential risk and rewards they will endure as an entrepreneur. Students will then form concepts answering the essential question, Should I become an entrepreneur?"

2.2. Perform a Goal Analysis

To successfully answer the essential question, students must develop entrepreneurial capabilities by evaluating and analyzing the curriculum through text, media, and classroom discussions. Students will identify and recognize entrepreneurial traits, characteristics, and roles that entrepreneurs play. Students will participate in a group discussion, further exploring the topic of entrepreneurship. Students will study critical terms of the unit in preparation for their summative assessment utilizing a true/false multiple-choice quiz. Students will then reflect on what they have learned and compose an essay on the essential question, "Should I become an entrepreneur?
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Subordinate Skills Analysis
3.1. Subordinate and Entry Skills

The subordinate and entry skills students must learn before achieving the learning goals are listed below. The techniques used are the hierarchical approach. The hierarchical system focuses on what students must already know to master the new content and answer the essential question.

LO1: Define Entrepreneurship

• Define Entrepreneurship

• Define Entrepreneur

• Define employee

• Define employer

• Understand what it means to be an employee vs. an entrepreneur

LO2: Understand The Characteristics Of a Successful Entrepreneur

• Define the word characteristics

• Define the word successful

LO3: Answer The Essential Question In Essay Format, "Should I Become An Entrepreneur?"

• Take an entrepreneurship assessment to see if you possess the successful characteristics of an entrepreneur

• Entry Skills Include:

  • ​• Communication and listening
    • Reading comprehension
    • Writing and editing documents electronically
    • Researching using the internet

3.2. Diagram