Learning outcomes are usually written as educational objectives for students at different levels of specificity and for different areas of human development. Check ALL of the important points deemed critical in writing objectives.

• Objectives are written in terms of WHAT STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO LEARN, not what teachers or students do, during instruction.

• Objectives can be written broadly or specifically.

• Objectives are written for psychomotor, affective, and cognitive learning outcomes.

• Objectives are not necessary for every lesson.

Which one of the following is a student OUTCOME?

• Demonstrate for students how to do a volleyball set/teach the volleyball set.

• Practice the overhead set.

• Set the volleyball effectively to a frontline player from a toss.

Student objectives are usually prefaced with the phrase...

To make explicit a desired learning outcome, objectives are usually written in what three parts? (check all the apply)

• outcome

• behavior

• condition or situation

• criterion or degree

In the following example, what part would be considered the BEHAVIOR expected of the student?

The student will be able to travel in general space, using the feet in at least three different ways, without touching anyone else.

• using three different ways of traveling without touching anyone else

• in general space on the feet

• travel

In the following example, what part would be considered the CONDITION OR SITUATION under which the behavior is to be exhibited?

The student will be able to travel in general space, using the feet in at least three different ways, without touching anyone else.

• travel

• in general space on the feet

• using three different ways of traveling without touching anyone else

In the following example, what part would be considered the CRITERION to be met or the DEGREE/PERFORMANCE level expected?

The student will be able to travel in general space, using the feet in at least three different ways, without touching anyone else.

• in general space on the feet

• travel

• using three different ways of traveling without touching anyone else

The behavior component of an instruction outcome is written as a (hint: it is a part of speech) __________ that describes what the student is to do.

Which one of these is a verb from the psychomotor domain?

• kick

• accepts

• apply

• create

Which one of the following is an example of an objective written in the cognitive domain?

• The student will be able to attend to teacher directions while holding equipment in the hand. (Reception, student is willing to attend to an idea, phenomenon, or stimulus.)

• The student will be able to describe what a supportive team member is expected to do in a game situation. (Organization, student synthesizes and resolves conflicts between value positions.)

• The student will be able to determine his or her own personal fitness level and plan a personal fitness program. (Evaluating, justifying a decision or course of action.)

• The student will be able to demonstrate responsibility for a safe and productive class environment by working quietly, independently, and with concern for controlled movement. (Valuation, student accepts or assumes responsibility for a value.)