AFFECTIVE IS EFFECTIVE

While making lesson plans, it's a requirement that the three domains be present among the
objectives, those of Bloom's three-domain,

known as cognitive, psychomotor, and affective.

Students should not be given lectures only. It is not enough that they're going to receive
intellectual learnings.

Developing psychomotor, especially those at the elementary is an important aspect too.

Nurturing the affective domain is significant too. It is not enough that students are learning
academically. But equally important is that they must be able to respond, to understand the
importance of what they learned and integrate it into daily lives.

Through educational literature, the affective domain developed student's attitudes,

communication styles, verbal and nonverbal, and even their learning styles.

In literature, many authors begin their works by saying that the affective domain is critical for
learning. However, it's the smallest amount focused on, often overlooked, and the most difficult
to assess among Bloom's three domains. Why? Because it's typical in a classroom setting most
teachers, focused on the cognitive aspect of the teaching and learning process only. Teachers are
spending numerous hours starting up with an intelligent result. Assessing cognitive learning is
less work than evaluating effective outcomes under the affective domain. Because of this,
students may experience gaps in their affective skills and their cognitive skills.

As teachers, we should always give equal importance to our students' affective domain. These
include interpreting things with their emotions, feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasms,
motivations, and attitudes.

Especially nowadays, reports of depression and anxiety result in suicide. It is by far more
important to place the emotional aspect to priority than academic skills. An intelligent,
physically fit and, emotionally capable student will be a competent citizen of the nation.