Assessment of Learning 1

MODULE-3
STATING BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES

Objective:
Construct cognitive, affective and psychomotor objectives containing the three essential
elements of a behavioral objective

Lesson Proper:
There are five (5) requirements of well formulated behavioral objectives:

1. Statement of conditions or stipulations, in essence, describing the learning task and its
constraints (content);
(1) Designation of the learner (such as Grade 7 students in English class);
(2) Use of action verbs (such as to construct, to define, to order )that indicate observable activities,
although sometimes more complex objectives stated as inferred processes (such as to solve, to
analyze, to synthesize, or to apply) may be used.
(3) Specification of an outcome (product); and
(4) Specification of the standard or criterion of an expected or acceptable level of performance
with a possible time limitation.
Illustrations

Objective in Mathematics

Given 20 addition problems consisting of 5 two-digit numbers arranged vertically (condition

or content), a Grade 4 pupil (learner) can write (action verb – observable process) the answer
(the written answer being the product) to 18 out 20 problems in not more than 5 minutes
(standard criterion, quantity, and time specified).

Objective in English
Given a 100-word paragraph to read orally (condition or content), the Grade 7 student
(learner) will sound out the words in the text (action word – observable process) with 85
percent (standard criterion and quantity specified) word reading accuracy (product).

Application

EXECISE M-2
Construct cognitive, affective and psychomotor objectives containing the three
essential elements of a behavioral objective.