Writing Lesson Plan Objectives Made Easy

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Writing Lesson Plan Objectives Made Easy

• The A,B,C,D Method

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Todays Objective

• Each student will be able to define the process
  of writing an lesson plan objective after
  reviewing the Powerpoint lesson 9 out of 10 time
  with 100 accuracy.
• Each student will be able to write an appropriate
  lesson plan objective after reviewing the
  Powerpoint lesson 9 out of 10 time with 100
  accuracy.

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Clear Objectives

• Clear objectives can help the instructor design
  lessons that will be easier for the student to
  comprehend and the teacher to evaluate
  (Jones,1997).
• A properly written objective tells you what
  specific knowledge, skill, or attitude is desired
  and what method of instruction and criteria for
  learner achievement are required (Lohr, no date).

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The ABCD method

• The ABCD method of writing objectives is an
  excellent starting point for writing objectives
  (Heinich, et al., 1996)

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Audience Who?

• Who are your learners?

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Behavior What?

• What do you expect them to be able to do? This
  should be an overt, observable behavior, even if
  the actual behavior is covert or mental in
  nature. If you can't see it, hear it, touch it,
  taste it, or smell it, you can't be sure your
  audience really learned it.

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Condition How?

• Under what circumstances or context will the
  learning occur? What will the student be given or
  already be expected to know to accomplish the
  learning?

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Degree How much?

• How much will be accomplished, how well will the
  behavior need to be performed, and to what level?
  Do you want total mastery (100), do you want
  them to respond correctly 80 of the time, etc. A
  common (and totally non-scientific) setting is
  80 of the time.

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Sequence

• The Audience - Each Student
• The Behavior - Will be (should/shall) able to
• write, list, arrange, build
• apply, arrange, recite, describe

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• The Condition
• -after Reading
• -after attending the Lecture
• -given a Case Study
• (examples of DBQs)
• -after sharing in teams -given a tape
  measure,
• wrench, software
• -review of a demonstration
• -completing the assignment

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The Degree

• without error
• 9 out of 10 times
• within 60 seconds
• at a 90 accuracy level

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Pulling It Together

• A - Audience
• B - Behavior
• What the Enduring understandings
• C - Condition
• Given Source Information
• D - Degree

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Examples

• The Student will be able to Identify What a short
  story is mostly about after reading a short story
  90 of the time from a list of 4 choices.

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Define

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Write ..