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Models -- Course Development

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:

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