The document provides guidance on writing learning objectives using the ABCD method. It explains that objectives should specify: 1) The Audience - who the learners are 2) The desired Behavior - what the learners will be able to do, using concrete action verbs 3) The Conditions - any parameters or constraints 4) The Degree - how well the behavior must be performed, such as a percentage or accuracy level. The document also lists examples of well-written objectives and suggests rewriting objectives for a lesson plan using the ABCD format.

1. Writing Objectives Teach what you mean to teach Presented by: Heather Dowd Audience Behavior Condition Degree

2. Your Lesson Think of a lesson you teach. Write 2 – 5 things you want students to be able to do when they leave this one lesson. Audience Behavior Condition Degree

3. Today’s Objective Using their own lesson plans, instructors will write 2-5 objectives that include all four parts of the ABCD method of writing objectives. Audience Behavior Condition Degree

4. Why is writing good objectives important? Audience Behavior Condition Degree

5. What an objective is NOT Audience Behavior Condition Degree

6. Qualities of Useful Objectives A udience B ehavior C ondition D egree - Unknown Performance Conditions Criterion - Robert Mager Audience Behavior Condition Degree

7. Audience Audience Behavior Condition Degree Who are your learners?

8. Behavior - Performance Fuzzy Words to know to understand to really understand to appreciate to fully appreciate to grasp the significance of to enjoy to believe to have faith in to internalize Better Words to write to recite to identify to sort to solve to construct to build to compare to contrast to smile Audience Behavior Condition Degree

9. Behavior - Performance Audience Behavior Condition Degree Be able to write a news article. Be able to develop an appreciation of music.

10. Behavior - Performance Audience Behavior Condition Degree Be able to understand mathematics. Be able to sew a seam.

11. Behavior - Performance Audience Behavior Condition Degree Know how to do calculus. Calculate the slope of a function at a certain point by differentiating.

12. Given a problem of the following type… Given a list of… Given any reference of the learner’s choice… Without the aid of references… Without the aid of a calculator… Audience Behavior Condition Degree Condition

13. Objective without condition: Be able to solve problems in algebra. With condition: Given a linear algebraic equation with one unknown , be able to solve (write the solution) for the unknown without the aid of references, tables, or calculating devices . Condition Audience Behavior Condition Degree

14. Questions to ask yourself Condition Audience Behavior Condition Degree

15. How well? (Does the learner get the credit or not?) Example: Given a compass, ruler, and paper, be able to construct and bisect any given angle larger than five degrees. Bisections must be accurate to one degree. Degree Audience Behavior Condition Degree

16. Audience Behavior Condition Degree Given a list of factors leading to significant historical events, be able to identify (underline) at least five factors contributing to the Crash of 1929. Identify ABCD

17. Using their own lesson plan, instructors will write 2-5 objectives that include all four parts of the ABCD method of writing objectives. Audience Behavior Condition Degree Identify ABCD

18. Audience Behavior Condition Degree Reference Mager, R. F. (1997). Preparing instructional objectives: A critical tool in the development of effective instruction (3 rd ed.). Atlanta, GA: The Center for Effective Performance, Inc.

19. Audience Behavior Condition Degree Re-write your lesson’s objectives using all four parts of the ABCD method of writing objectives. Pay special attention to using concrete words for the behavior. Your Turn