This document outlines an instructional presentation on writing objectives for lesson plans. It includes:
- An overview of instructional system design (ISD) and its role in developing lesson plans.
- A discussion of how to write SMART goals and learning objectives using Bloom's Taxonomy, including the ABCD method of specifying the Audience, Behavior, Condition, and Degree.
- Examples of well-written and poorly written objectives.
- An activity where participants work in pairs to write their own objective for a lesson using the guidelines discussed.
1. Part 1: How To Write Objectives (This Presentation)
Part 2: Lesson Plan Design (additional Presentation)
Part 3: Write Your Own Lesson Plan (additional
Presentation)
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3. 1. Blooms Taxonomy
Handout
2. Slideshare or Power Point
in Blackboard Lesson Plan
Project: Lesson Plan Part 1
3. MS Word
4. Circles of Innovation
website:
http://circlesofinnovation.v
alenciacollege.edu/2016/01/
30/power-presentations/
Make sure to have
these items with
you and pulled up
on the computer
as we work
together through
the activities!
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5. • What is ISD?
• SMART Goals
• What’s the Objective?
• ABCD Method of Objective Writing
• Write your own Objective
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7. The process of how instructional materials are developed,
delivered and the philosophy on which the process is
undertaken.
A process, a discipline, a science, a reality, system, a
technology and as a development.
Many instructional Design Models
A way to design lessons that include:
writing Objectives,
designing the lesson plan and
facilitating the Lesson
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Lott, L. L., McNeese, P., Thomas, E. L. & Weeks, D. F. (2013). ePub EME 2040. Retrieved
from http://faculty.valenciacollege.edu/ePub/eme2040b/
9. NOT SMART
I want to lose 100 pounds.
I will go to Maine sometime
this year.
I will try to do my
homework on time so I can
earn an A.
SMART
I will go to the gym with my
friend at least 3 days each
week for 6 months.
On March 27, 2017, I will
drive from Orlando to
Maine via US HWY 95 in 2
days.
I will complete my
homework on Tuesday
evenings at 6:00pm.
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10. “What’s the Objective?”
Click on picture to watch video (3 min)
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11. Have you witnessed teachers you are observing writing
objectives on the board?
How important do you (a future teacher) think it is for
students to know what you want them to be able to do when
they finish the lesson/activity?
If they don’t know where they need to go, how will they be able
to get there?
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12. Tells student what they will learn when they FINISH,
COMPLETE the lesson
What the student will do, NOT what the Teacher will do!
Should be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon,
Realistic, and Timely
Should contain the following in the Objective: Audience,
Behavior, Condition, Degree
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13. A for Audience
Who is your audience?
For this Objective, it is your students.
Have you stated this in your Objective?
EXAMPLES:
Students will be able to….
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14. B for Behavior
Describe the behavior needed
What is the behavior the student needs to perform?
What is the student doing when demonstrating mastery?
MUST be measurable & observable (Choose a verb from the
Measurable Verb list)
EXAMPLES:
The student will be able to Use a protractor…
The student will be able to Describe 2 parts of speech…
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15. C is for Condition
What condition will the student be given to perform the task?
What tools will the student have when completing the task?
EXAMPLES
Students will be able to design a PowerPoint Given a
computer…
Students will be able to create a map In a group…
Students will be able to recite the 50 states From memory…
Students will be able to drive the nail into the wood Using only a
hammer…
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16. D is for Degree
How well must the objective be completed?
Notes the evaluation
Speed and accuracy or time and performance
EXAMPLES
Students will be able to recite the 50 states from memory
within 1 minute.
Students will be able to recite the 50 states from memory with
no more than 2 errors.
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17. 1. Pair up
2. Review:
https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-
pages/blooms-taxonomy/
3. Share
Who is Bloom?
Revised Taxonomy list (use your
Handout)
Why should you use Bloom’s Taxonomy
when writing Objectives?
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18. 1. In TEAMS: Choose grade/subject/age
2. Think about something a student at this grade
level should be able to do. ONLY 1 TASK!
Shy away from thinking about a fun activity first
What will the student be able to do when they
finish a task or activity.
3. Select ONE (1) VERB from Blooms Taxonomy
handout.
4. Write your Objective:
A for Audience: Students will be able to… (you
can sing the song from the video if you wish to
help you remember this)
B for Behavior (use the VERB you selected)
C for Condition
D for Degree
In class
assignment
Feedback from
Professor Lott
Submit final
Objective in
Blackboard
Lesson Plan
Objective
Assignment
tab.
Due by
Wednesday
6:00pm
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19. Option 1:
Check out the 2 tech tools on the table:
Trobo
Dash and Dot Robots
Option 2:
Go to Circles of Innovation website:
http://circlesofinnovation.valenciacollege.
edu/2016/01/30/power-presentations/
Choose a tech tool from any tool listed
Option 3:
Choose a tech tool on your own.
Each TEAM
will choose a
specific
technology tool
to use in their
lesson plan.
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20. Dick, W., Carey, L., & Carey, J. O. (2009). The systematic
design of instruction. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson
Assignments (n.d.). Lesson 6 – Writing objectives. Retrieved
from
http://www.itma.vt.edu/modules/spring03/instrdes/lesson6.htm
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