[ACD-5%] Forum 1: GRADED ACTIVITY 2:

Asynchronic activity 1: Analyze the

characteristics of lesson objectives and their
relation with class activities
Make a quick investigation about the characteristics of lesson objectives and
answer the following questions:

 What are the main characteristics of lesson objectives? Explain each

of them.
 Is there any relation between the objectives and the learning
activities?
 How should the lesson objectives be written?
 How many objectives should the teacher propose per lesson?

Lesson objectives are the key element in creating effective lesson plans. The
reason for this is that without set goals, there is no measure of whether a
particular lesson plan produces the desired learning outcomes. Therefore, you
should spend time before creating a lesson plan by writing effective objectives.
There are three essential characteristics to writing a learning objective or lesson
objective: Behavior: First, an objective must describe the competency to be
learned in terms of performance. The choice of a verb plays a fundamental role.
Frequently used terms like know, understand, grasp, and appreciate do not meet
this requirement. If the verb used to state an objective identifies observable
student behavior, then the basis for a clear statement is established. In addition,
the type or level of learning must be identified. Criterion: Second, an objective
must make clear how well a student must perform to be considered adequate,
indicating a degree of precision and a proportion of similar or correct answers.
Conditions: Third, an objective should describe the conditions under which the
student is expected to perform in the assessment situation, clarifying the tools,
references, or other aids that will be provided or denied.

In order to relate the objectives and the learning activities, it should be

emphasized that they have a close relationship since in the class plan the
objectives are the goals that a teacher aspires for the student to achieve in his
class and the learning activities are in accordance with the objectives set. in the
teaching plan. An objective is correctly written according to the topic of the class
and with the help of Bloom's taxonomy. As for the objectives, they must be
written as a single sentence, they must include an action verb that helps
students understand what they are going to learn and how they will be
evaluated. In the objectives section of your lesson plan, write out precise,
outlined goals for what you want your students to be able to achieve after the
lesson is completed. In Bloom's Taxonomy, educational psychologist Benjamin
Bloom analyzed verbs and how they relate to learning, dividing them into six
levels of thinking. These verbs (remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate,
and create) are a great starting point for writing effective goals.

Finally, the number of objectives that the teacher will propose per lesson could
vary according to the topic, but they can range from two to four objectives
between main and secondary objectives, taking into account the time
established to teach the classes, obviously in our plan we do not a single
objective can go since this could be simple and the class would end in a short
time and it would become boring, I think that if we add at least three objectives,
it would be the most indicated for a thirty-minute class.

In conclusion, teachers of all teaching areas must have knowledge in the

development of their lesson plans, emphasizing the objectives, since verbs that
are not adequate in the objectives are commonly used, for this we have the
taxonomy of Bloom which is the most suitable for the elaboration of the
objectives separated by each level of learning.

- Salcedo, H. (2011). Los objetivos y su importancia para el proceso de enseñanza-

aprendizaje. Revista de Pedagogía (vol. XXXII), pp. 113-130. Redalyc.Los objetivos y su
importancia para el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje
- Kelly, M. (2020). Creating Effective Lesson Objectives. ThoughtCo. Effective Lesson
Objectives (thoughtco.com)
- Lewis, B. (2020). Writing a Lesson Plan: Objectives and Goals. ThoughtCo. Objectives
and Goals of a Lesson Plan (thoughtco.com)