Write Your Performance Objectives

Write the performance objectives for your project, using the basic objective format: Condition, Behavior, Criteria. Remember that the condition may include the stimuli for performance, the resources needed to complete the task, and, perhaps, any constraints on the task. The verb specifying the behavior or performance should be learner-centered and observable. The criteria should specify how well the task must be performed, although it may be omitted if the the answer is "correctly." Objectives should be as long as necessary and may be expressed in more than one sentence. There should be one objective for each element of the instructional analysis, with numbers that correspond. As with the instructional analysis, you may hand in a partial list of objectives as your draft. Remember that the final project should contain the complete list.

Key questions in evaluating your objectives:

1. Accuracy: Are all the objectives accurate expressions of the elements of the
   instructional analysis? Do they, as a group, form an accurate picture
   of what is to be learned?
2. Completeness: Are all the objectives complete within themselves? Is the
   set of objectives complete?
3. Style: does the style of the objectives follow standards (or improve upon
   them)? Are they easy to read and understand?
4. Follow ID Standards: Do the objectives as presented follow the basic ID
   standards for writing objectives?

Grading Criteria

© Albert L. Ingram, Ph.D. Revised: February 13, 2008