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Models -- Course Development
Instructional Design --
The Taxonomy Table
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 How
to Write Objectives
Adapted from A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A
Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Lorin W. Andersin,
David R. Krathwohl; et al. 2001 Addison Wesley Longman.
To dispell the confusion between the means and ends of instruction, contemplate
these definitions:
- Ends
- Objectives describe intended results, outcomes, and changes.
- Means
- Instructional activities, such as reading a textbook, listening to
lectures, conducting surveys, and observing field work, are means by
which objectives are achieved.
For an objective or outcome to be measurable, learning
a fact, concept, or procedure is implied. In addition, invoking a change
central to a students' beliefs moves the learning to the highest level:
meta-cognitive knowledge.
Examples taken from OSU Extended Campus distance courses are attached
to each category in the Cognitive Process Dimension and the Knowledge
Dimension in the taxonomy table below. Click the links to open the example
windows:
Bloom's Taxonomy
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Resources
- Student Learning Outcomes
- Oregon State University's Academic Programs
- Baccalaureate Core Criteria and Rationale
- Provisions from the Academic Regulations.
- Guidelines for Writing Intensive Courses (WIC)
- The five WIC criteria adopted by the OSU Faculty Senate as part of the Baccalaureate Core.
- Reference Guide for Instructional Design and Development
- Instructional design is the process through which an educator determines the best teaching methods for specific learners in a specific context, attempting to obtain a specific goal. This reference guide is designed to help you apply sound principles of design to the creation of your courses.
- Task
Oriented Question Construction Wheel Based on Bloom's Taxonomy
- St. Edward's University Center for Teaching Excellence. 2001.
- A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: a revision of Bloom's
taxonomy of educational objectives.
- Lorin W. Andersin, David R. Krathwohl; et al. 2001 Addison Wesley
Longman, Inc.
- The Systematic Design of Instruction
- Walter Dick, Lue Carey. Harper Collins Publishers.
For consultation regarding writing objectives and activities for distance
courses, please contact:
- Dianna Fisher,
Director of Project Development & Training
- Office: (541) 737-8658 Cell: (541) 230-4029
- Extended Campus
- Oregon State University
- 4943 The Valley Library
- Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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