Guidelines for Behavioral Objectives
- Begin each objective with an "action verb" which depicts definite,
observable behavior.
"identify", "formulate", "list", "describe",
"recall"
- State each objective in terms of student performance rather than teacher
performance.
- State each objective as a learning product (outcome or terminal behavior)
rather than in terms of the learning process.
- State only one outcome or behavior in each objective.
- Make objectives clear, brief and unambiguous.
- Start a set of behavioral objectives for a lesson with a phrase such
as: "At the end of the lesson the student will be able to:"
- Do not include trivial objectives.