Overview to Writing
Instructional Objectives

One of the major functions of this course is to instruct you on how to write instructional objectives. Not only will you write several instructional objectives for the course assignment (lesson plan) but you are expected to be able to continue writing them for future lesson and course planning.

One of the slide shows in this section will explain the relationship among objectives, content and teaching strategies, and evaluation (assessment of learning). Another area that will be examined is the three learning domains. Often the cognitive domain is the only one that is planned but the affective domain should be considered and planned. It is not always easy to plan for the affective domain. The psychomotor domain is not always present in courses.

The objectives for this section are:

1. Learners will understand how to write instructional objectives
2. Learners will be able to explain the differences among the three domains
3. Learners will become aware of the commonly-heard objectives rejections
4. Learner will be able to list the uses of instructional objectives
5. Learners will be able to explain the purposes of instructional objectives
6. Learners will be able to discuss Bloom's Taxonomy
7. Learners will be able to list the guidelines for writing instructional objectives
8. Learners will be able to write instructional objectives (general and specific)