Practice with Objectives

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Practice with Objectives

• Jim Marshall
• San Diego State University

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Parts of an Objective Examples

• Audience - chefs-in-training
• Behavior - turn a radish into a rose
• Conditions - on a pitching ship, with a paring
  knife, in dim light
• Degree/Criteria - in lt30 seconds and to the
  applause of customers

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Requirements for Objectives

• Objectives should
• be stated from an INDIVIDUAL LEARNER'S point of
  view, NOT the teacher's or instructor's
• state what knowledge, skills, or attitudes
  (outcomes) a learner should have attained by the
  END of instruction, NOT the activities or lessons
  which occurred DURING the instruction
• state the performance the learner is to attain in
  OBSERVABLE or MEASURABLE terms.

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Common Errors
1. VASTNESS 2. COMPLEXITY 3. WEAK
CRITERIA
Restating the goal Too broad in scope Must be
reduced Includes more than one objective Criter
ia must be reasonable specific useful
measurable
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Error types
4. FALSE GIVENS 5. DOMAIN CONFUSION 6.
EARNESTNESS
Statement of learning setting or method Goal
and objective must match Promises too much and
not in behavioral terms.
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Practice Identify A, B, C and D

1. Given a paragraph of at least three sentences but
   without a topic sentence, the student will be
   able to add one that satisfies Mr. Quartarraro,
   the English teacher.
2. The student will be able to write a letter to the
   editor based on a news article assigned by the
   teacher which will have the five parts identified
   on p. 11.
3. Given a request by a taxpayer and the tool
   provided by the IRS, the telephone assistor will
   be able to answer the question about residency
   status correctly in under 3 minutes and with an
   accuracy rate of 90.
4. For a given set of objectives, the professor will
   be able to write a test which matches on all four
   parts of an objective.

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Practice Identify A, B, C and D

1. Given the sales reference manual and question
   from a customer , the employee will be able to
   name the three most printers used most often with
   HP computers.
2. Without the use of any job aids, the
   instructional designer will be able to define the
   term, multimedia.
3. The secretary will choose to recycle computer
   paper each day when access to a recycling bin is
   within 50 feet of his/her workstation.
4. Using results from a spreadsheet printout, the
   personnel manager will require fewer than 5
   minutes to identify all employees who have failed
   to achieve their production quota.

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Whats wrong? Make better.

1. Given an email from a customer with a specific
   set of requirements, the new sales people will
   learn how to select the best product for this
   customer.
2. Executives will take time to get to know all of
   their employees.
3. Without any materials for reference, the new
   trainee will be fully cognizant of all potential
   problems associated with trouble-shooting a
   malfunctioning workstation.
4. After a scintillating class about ethics, the
   auditor will be able to compose an email that
   identifies potential auditing problems for a
   given company and audit.

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For each goal, write an objective

• The third grader will know how to write a short
  friendly letter.
• The EDTEC graduate student will know how to
  create good behavioral objectives.
• The first grader will know about the parts of the
  body.
• The new immigrant will get baseball.

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For each goal, write an objective

1. The journalist-in-training will know how to write
   a headline.
2. The grad student will know how to research a
   potential employer.
3. The EDTEC graduate student will know how to
   produce an appealing resume.

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How do you like these?

• Label parts and improve where needed
• Given a pile of life vests in various states of
  repair, the passengers will watch the educational
  video to learn how to put them on in gt2 minutes
  so that they float when thrown in the water.
• The ships junior officers will be able to tell
  which life jackets need repair, and identify the
  nature of the repair, when given a pile of life
  jackets.

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How do you like these? Fix, please.

1. The officer will be able to plot where the ship
   is to within 25 yards of its actual longitude
   and latitude.
2. The maitred, when provided with passenger
   preferences and reasons for the trip, shall
   create menus that are just right for each
   individual and couple.

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These too.

1. The captain will choose to make each individual
   feel welcome so that they will sail again with
   Marshall Maritime Expeditions.
2. The ships crew members will be really good at
   lowering the life boats before the ship sinks in
   pitching seas, in the dark, and surrounded by
   panicked, aggressive, frightened people.