CHAPTER 10:
INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES
Developing the Curriculum
Eighth Edition
Peter F. Oliva
William R. Gordon II
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AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
• Identify the three major domains of learning.
• List the major categories of learnings from one
taxonomy of each of the three domains
• Explain the relationships between curriculum goals and
objectives and instructional goals and objectives.
• Distinguish between instructional goals and instructional
objectives.
• Be able to identify and write instructional goals in each
of the three domains.
• Be able to identify and write instructional objectives in
each of the three domains.
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A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE HIERARCHY OF
OUTCOMES DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER 8
•At the top of the hierarchy are aims of education
from which the school’s curriculum goals and
objectives are derived. In turn, the curriculum goals
and objectives serve as sources of the instructional
goals and objectives. Aims are stated by prominent
individuals and groups for national, and sometimes
even international, consideration. Curriculum goals
and objectives are formulated by individual school
and school system curriculum groups. Instructional
goals and objectives are specified by the classroom
teacher, who is sometimes assisted by other teachers
and local curriculum groups.
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INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES DEFINED
• The thesis of this chapter is that, regardless of the
teacher’s model or style of teaching, curriculum
goals and objectives are more likely to be
accomplished and students more likely to
demonstrate mastery of learning if instructional
goals and objectives are specified before starting
instruction.
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INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES DEFINED
• Instructional goals and objectives are directly
related to the previously specified curriculum goals
and objectives. Instructional goals provide direction
for specifying instructional objectives.
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INSTRUCTIONAL GOAL DEFINED
•An instructional goal is a statement of performance
expected of each student in a class, phrased in
general terms without criteria of achievement.
•An example of an instructional goal is: The student
will show an understanding of the “stock market.”
It indicates the performance exp ...Read less