This document discusses writing performance objectives for instructional design. It defines key components of objectives, including specifying skills, knowledge, attitudes to be taught; determining instructional strategies; and establishing criteria for evaluating student performance. The development of objectives involves considering verbs that describe observable behaviors and carefully deriving those behaviors. An example objective template is provided that includes the behavior, condition, and criteria. The purpose of objectives is to prevent gaps in instruction and indicate what students will know. The process of writing objectives involves editing goals, writing terminal and subordinate objectives, and evaluating objectives through test items.