Objectives

General Objective

The overall goal of this module is to identify certain elements of an objective so that you can analyze existing objectives or create new ones and evaluate whether or not they will be effective based on the criteria presented here in this module.

Specific Objectives

Given a particular learning objective or by writing one of your own, you will be able to identify three useful characteristics of an instructional objective:

  1. performance,
  2. conditions, and
  3. criterion.

The objective must contain a performance. While explicitly stated conditions and criterion of performance are optional, it is preferable to include them since they will clarify what is expected from the learner and reduce the possibility of misinterpretation of the intended meaning.