Chapter 6 Terminology/Glossary of Terms

Part A Terminology/Glossary of Terms:

·        Performance Objectives  -  a detailed description of what students will be able to do when they complete a unit of instruction. Performance objectives are derived from the skills in the instructional analysis.

 

·        The Function of Objectives  - is objectives serve a variety of purposes, not just as statements from which test items and task derived. Objectives have quite different functions for designers, instructors, and learners, and it’s important to keep distinctions in mind.

·        Parts of an Objective - the first part of an objective describes the conditions that will prevail while a learner carries out the task. The second part of an objective describes the conditions that will prevail while a learner carries out the task. The third part of an objective describes the criteria that will be used to evaluate the learner performance.

·        Derivation of Conditions  - refers to the exact set of circumstances and resources that will be available to the learner when the objective is performed.

·        Derivation of Criteria - is the final part of the objective for judging acceptable performance of the skill.

·        Process for Writing Objectives  - in order to make objectives and subsequent instruction, consistent with the context analysis, designers should review the goal statement before writing objectives.

·        Evaluation of Objectives  - is the rubric at the end of this chapter contains a list of criteria for evaluating objectives.

·        Psychomotor Skills  - execution of a sequence of major or subtle physical actions to achieve a specified result. All skills employ some type of physical action; the physical actions in a psychomotor skill are the focus of the new learning and are not merely the vehicle for expressing an intellectual skill.