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Writing Behavioral Objectives
 

How to Write Behavioral Objectives- by Dr. Robert Kizlik

Behavioral objectives, learning objectives, instructional objectives, and performance objectives are terms that refer to a description of observable student behavior or performance. At some point, almost every teacher, must deal with writing such objectives. Here, such objectives are referred to as behavioral objectives.

Blooms Taxonomy Information

Benjamin Bloom created this taxonomy for categorizing level of abstraction of questions that commonly occur in educational settings. The taxonomy provides a useful structure in which to categorize test questions, since professors will characteristically ask questions within particular levels, and if you can determine the levels of questions that will appear on your exams, you will be able to study using appropriate strategies.

List of Verbs for use in Blooms Taxonomy

BLOOM'S TAXONOMY (Cognitive Domain)- Words for stating performance objectives.

The Six Major Levels of Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain

Information about Blooms six levels of taxonomy- knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation.