ABCD LEARNING OBJECTIVES

​ABCD LESSON OBJECTIVES

By Gillian Myers

​Crafting clear, measurable learning targets.

• Provides clarity for teachers and students

• Makes objectives measurable.

• Ensures alignment with assessment

• Encourages student-centred planning

​Why Use ABCD?

​Specifies who is learning.

​​Audience

​What will the learner be able to do? Must be observable and measurable.

​​Behaviour

​Under what circumstances? Name the situation or the tools provided.

​​Condition

​How will they prove mastery? Clearly state the performance standard

​​Degree of Accuracy

​Keep it Specific

Example :
Grade 6 students will ...

​​Audience

​​Behaviour

Name the situation or the tools provided.

Example:

​​Condition

​What is the performance standard?

Example:

​​Degree of Accuracy

​Avoid vague terms, use action verbs that are observable and measurable.

Example :
list, describe, solve, compare

• ​with 90 % accuracy

• within 3 minutes

• without any grammatical errors.

• Given a set of flashcards...

• After reading a passage...

• Without using a calculator...

Given an outline map of Jamaica(C), Grade 4 students (A)will label the 14 parishes of Jamaica (B) with no more than 2 errors (D)

​ABCD Objective

Students will label the parishes of Jamaica

​Vague Objective

Putting it all Together

Multiple Choice

In the ABCD model, what does the 'B' stand for?

• Background

• Behaviour

• Benchmark

• Basis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a mearusable behaviour?

• Understand photosynthesis

• Know the parishes of Jamaica

• List the parishes of Jamaica

• Appreciate Jamaican Culture

Multiple Choice

Which part of the ABCD model tells you the tools or setting for the task?

• Audience

• Behaviour

• Condition

• Degree of Accuracy

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a degree?

• in under 3 minutes

• Given a textbook

• Grade 6 Students

• Describe 5 animals

Multiple Choice

An objectives states: "Students will explain the process of photosynthesis?" Which two ABCD elements are missing?

• Audience and Behaviour

• Condition and Degree

• Behaviour and Condition

• Audience and Degree

Multiple Choice

Which objective risks being unmeasurable due to its BEHAVIOUR choice?

• After reading the poem, Grade 5 students will describe the main theme in 2 sentences.

• Givem a set of data, Grade 6 students will analyse the trends using a bar graph.

• Using manipulatives, Grade 3 students will solve 5 multiplication problems.

• After watching a video, Grade 4 students will understand the causes of flooding.

Multiple Choice

Which revision best strengthens this vague objective: "Students will know the importance of recycling"?

• Students will understand why recycling benefits the environment.

• After class discuiions, Grade 5 students will list 3 reasons recyling benefits the environment with at least 2 examples per benefit.

• Given handouts, Grade 5 students will list reasons recycling benefits the environment.

• After watching a video, Grade 5 students will list 3 reasons recycling benefits the environment.

Open Ended

Rewrite the following objective to meet ALL the ABCD criteria:

"Students will write a simple paragraph."