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... Write a behavioral objective foreach level of Blooms Taxonomy of

the Cognitive Domain according to

the standards set forth by Mager.

Instructional Objectives

Developed by W. Huitt (1998)

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Writing Instructional Objectives

Instructional objectives are statements of

educational expectations for students.

Research has NOT demonstrated a strong

link between writing objectives and

student achievement

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Nevertheless, it is still considered good

educational practice to have writtenobjectives in order to facilitate

communication to students about expected

outcomes.

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There are a number of approaches to

writing instructional objectives:

Mager -- Behavioral objectives

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Mager proposes writing specific statements

about observable outcomes that can be built

up to become a curriculum (an inductiveapproach).

An example of a behavioral objective:

Given 3 minutes of class time, the student

will solve 9 out of 10 multiplication

problems of the type: 5 X 4 = _____.

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Gronlund -- General/specific

objectives

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Gronlund proposes starting with a general

statement and providing specific examples

of topics to be covered or behaviors to beobserved (a deductive approach).

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An example of a general/specific

objective:

The student can perform simplemultiplication:

a. can define what multiplication

means, in his our her own words.

b. can define relevant terms such as"multiplier" and "product.

c. can solve problems of the type 5 X 4

= ______.

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Gronlund -- General/specific

objectives

Eisner -- Expressive objectives

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Eisner proposes that not all instructional

objectives should focus on outcome; some

should focus on the learning process itself(expressive objectives).

Examples of an expressive objective:

a. Students will attend a live symphony

performance.

b. Students will use multiplication in

everyday activities.

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While there are advantages and

disadvantages to each approach, we will

focus on Mager's approach, because it isthe most widely used and perhaps the

most inclusive.

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Writing Behavioral Objectives

An instructional objective is a clear and

unambiguous description of educational

expectations for students.

When written in behavioral terms, an

objective will include three components:

student behavior,

conditions of performance, and

performance criteria.

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Three Parts of a Behavioral Objective

Student

Behavior

skill or knowledge to

be gained (e.g., two

digit numbers,vocabulary words)

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Student

Behavior and

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Student

Behavior

the action or skill the

student is able TO DO

(e.g., define, count, label,

categorize, analyze,

design, evaluate, add,

multiply, etc.)

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Students will add two-

digit numbers

Students will define the

vocabulary wordsidentified in bold print in

the first story.

Student

Behavior

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Conditions of

Performance

Under what

circumstances or context

will the behavior be

performed

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Conditions of

Performance

In an oral presentation

Without the use of notes

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Performance

Criteria

How well is the behavior

is to done

Compared to whatstandard

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Performance

Criteria

80 out of 100

containing four of the

six componentsdiscussed in class

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In an oral presentation,the student will paraphrase Dr.

Martin Luther Kings's I Have a

Dream address,

mentioning at least 3 of the 5

major points discussed in class.

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When developing the behavioral objective

it is best to write the student behavior

first, then the condition statement andfinally the criteria.

In an oral presentation,

the student will paraphrase Dr.Martin Luther Kings's I Have a

Dream address,mentioning at least 3 of the 5

major points discussed in class.

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Write a behavioral objective for each of

the following statements:

The students will grasp thesignificance of civic responsibility.

The student will learn the parts

of speech.

The teacher will cover

multiplication facts.

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Are these properly written behavioral

objectives?

Given ten rocks, the student will

label them as igneous,

metamorphic, or sedimentary

rocks. The student will located 12

major bones on the diagram of a

skeleton.

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Are these properly written behavioral

objectives?

Given five sentences, the student

will correctly classify four of

them.

Given three 7-word sentences, the

student will correctly identify the

parts of speech for 18 of the words.

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