Educational Objectives

Facilitating the Learner

Various Alternative Names for
Educational Objectives
Specific Learning Objectives
Students’ Learning Outcomes
Enabling Objectives
Behavioral Objectives
Instructional Objectives
Educational Intents
Educational Aims
Educational Competencies
 Definition: According to
Gallagher and Smith (1989)

Educational Objectives are properly

constructed educational objectives
represent relatively specific statements
about what students would learn at the
end of a lesson.
 Some characteristics of
effective objectives
Consistent with overall goals
Clearly stated
Realistic and attainable
Suitable for learners' stage of
development
Appropriately comprehensive
Westberg and Jason (1993): Collaborative Clinical Education
 Purposes/Functions of
Educational Objectives
Cause careful thinking about what is to
be accomplished through the lesson
Help in building an active relationship
between the teacher and the learner
Make teaching more directed and
organized
Help avoiding unnecessary repetitions
 Four parts of an
Educational Objective
It should have an action verb.
It should include a specification of the
content
It should contain a specification of the
support material
It should contain a specification of the
degree of learning
 Examples

The learner will be able to retrieve

information using database searches by
identifying and acquiring full-text
documents available from the www.
The students will be able to write/label
all major parts of eye using a
diagram/chart
 Examples (cont… d)

The students will be able to underline

parts of speech in the given sentences
using the handout/text provided.
The students will be able to derive the
rectangular components of a vector
using trigonometric ratios for the angles
of 300, 450, 600
 Activity # 1:

Formulation of Objectives
 Domains of learning
Cognitive Domain:
related to the intellectual learning and
problem solving abilities of a learner
Affective Domain:
related to the emotions and value
system of the learner
Psychomotor Domain:
related to motor skills/capabilities of the
learner
 Bloom’s Taxonomy
In 1956, Benjamin Bloom, a professor at
the University of Chicago, shared his
famous "Taxonomy of Educational
Objectives".
Bloom identified various levels of three
domains of learning.
He identified six levels in cognitive
domain.
 Evaluation

Synthesis

Analysis

Application

Comprehension

Knowledge
Knowledge
Recall or recognition of information.

define list
locate name
outline identify
recall show
match recognize
Comprehension
Understand, translate, paraphrase or interpret
material.

summarize paraphrase
explain differentiate
interpret demonstrate
describe visualize
compare restate 
distinguish rewrite
Application
Use learned material in a new situation

solve apply
illustrate modify
calculate put into
interpret practice
manipulate compute
predict operate
Analysis
Ability to discover and differentiate the
components of a situation/information
analyze contrast
organize compare
deduce distinguish 
diagram categorize
discriminate relate
Synthesis
Ability to combine parts to create ‘the big picture’

design discuss
hypothesize plan
support create
report construct 
develop organize
Evaluation
Ability to judge the value or support judgment with
reason

evaluate criticize
estimate justify 
judge conclude
defend assess
rate
appraise
 Activity # 2:

Formulation of Objectives
(According to Bloom’s Taxonomy)
 Objective of the Workshop
To support the workshop
participants in designing/creating
effective educational objectives by
selecting suitable verbs from the
list provided according to the
Bloom’s Taxonomy.