Stating Objectives for

Classroom Instruction
Gronlund, N.E. 1985. Stating
Objectives for Classroom
Instruction. Macmillan, New
York.
 Why objectives?

Direction for
instruction
Guidelines for
testing
Instructional intent
 Performance taught--- Performance
tested
 How
X To demonstrate the students how
to ---------

At the end of this demonstration the

students should be able to
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 Why
Students not the teacher
Learning not teaching
Output/outcome not process
Specific not general
Performance not rote
memory
 Instructional objectives as
Learning outcomes
6.Evaluation
7.Synthesis
8.Analysis
9.Application
10.Comprehension
1. Knowledge
 Psychomotor
7. Organization
8. Adaptation
9. Complex Overt Response
10.Mechanism
11.Guided Response
12.Set
1. Perception
 Affective

5. Characterization
6. Organization
7. Valuing
2. Responding
1. Receiving