| Task - What must the learner perform (one behavior, thus one verb)? Condition - How will it be performed? Standard - How well must it be performed? |
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- Select a verb for performing the task.
- Determine if the verb you have chosen best describes the type of behavior that the learners need to display after training (see Bloom's Taxonomy).
- Under what conditions must the task be performed?
- Determine to what standards the task must be performed.
- Sample outlines for writing a learning objective:
After the training period the learner will be able to perform ________(task)_________. The task must be performed under the following conditions: ____(condition)______, _____(condition)_____, and ____(condition)______. The following standards must be met: ____(standard)_____, _____(standard)____, and ____(standard)_____.
Perform _________(task)__________ when given _____(condition)_____ and ___(condition)_______. The learners must be trained to ____________(standards)______________.
Given a ____(condition)_____, ____(condition)____, and ____(condition)_____, perform _______________(task)_________________. The task must be performed as ____________(standards)_____________.
(Verb)_________(task)_____________ with
____(condition)_____, ____(condition)_____, and ____(condition)_____, by ____(standard)_____, ____(standard)_____, and ____(standard)_____.
| The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things. - G.K. Chesterton |
Standards with Examples
Standards are measurable criteria:
- How often?
- at least once per hour
- at the start of every cycle
- Before starting the task or after
- How well?
- exactly 7%
- no more than 1 error
- accurate to three decimal points
- within 15 minutes (never use a time standard unless it is required by the job)
- How many?
- identify at least 16 items
- produce 4 items
- How much?
- 100 meters long
- 1/2 block before turning
- How will we know it is OK?
- until the left hand is touching
- by speaking only after the customer has spoken
- Combination
- produce at least 15 per hour (how many and how often)
- until the ditch is 300 feet long with tapering slopes (how much and we know it is OK)
Conditions with Examples
- What is given?
- by checking a chart
- by looking at photo
- by referring to the manual
- or not given
- without reference to the manual
- with no supervision
- What are the variables?
- no matter how upset the customer becomes
- Combination
- when driving (what is given) in the city (variable)
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