The document discusses behavioral objectives in education. It defines behavioral objectives as explicit statements about what students should be able to do as a result of instruction. Good behavioral objectives are student-oriented, describe learning outcomes rather than teaching activities, are clear and understandable using observable verbs, and describe how behaviors will be evaluated. Behavioral objectives should specify the learner, targeted behavior, conditions for demonstration, and criteria for acceptable performance. They are useful for guiding teacher instructional design, evaluation and testing, and help students focus their learning and self-assess.

1. Objective
Specification

2. Behavioral Objectives
• "Intended change brought about in a
learner." (Popham, et. al. 1969)
• "A statement of what students ought to be
able to do as a consequence of
instruction." (Goodlad, in Popham et al.,
1969)
• "Explicit formulations of ways in which
students are expected to be changed by
the educative process." (Bloom, 1956)

4. 1.Good behavioral objectives
are student-oriented. A
behavioral objective, which is
student-oriented, places the
emphasis upon what the
student is expected to do, not
upon what the teacher will do.

5. 2.Good behavioral objectives
describe learning
outcomes. The important thing to
keep in mind here is that we are
interested in what the students will
learn to do. In other words, it is
the learning outcome that is
important, not the learning
activities that should lead to that
outcome.

6. 3.Good behavioral objectives are
clear and understandable. The
first prerequisite for a clear and
understandable objective is
explicitness. It should contain a
clearly stated verb that describes a
definite action or behavior and, in
most cases, should refer to an
object of that action.

7. 4. Good behavioral objectives
are observable. The
evaluation of learning
outcomes hinges on the
ability to observe those
outcomes. The key to an
observable objective is an
observable verb.

8. Characteristics
of
Behavioral Objectives

9. 1. Person(s) for whom the
objective is written (the
learner)

10. 2. Behavior
targeted for change

11. 3. Conditions under
which a behavior will
be performed

12. 4. Criteria for determining when the
acceptable performance of the
behavior occurs.

13. Advantages
of
Behavioral Objectives

14. 1.Guide for the teacher
relative to the design
of instruction

15. 2. Guide for the teacher
for evaluation/test
design (e.g. written
tests, OSCEs, etc)

16. 3. Guide for the
learner relative to
learning focus

17. 4. Guide for the
learner relative to
self assessment

18. Thank
You
Angelica V.Villegas
BEED 2-1 Day
A teacher affects
eternity; he can
never tell where his
influence stops.
-Henry Adams