ANALYZING THE AUDIENCE (THE LEARNERS) WEEK 4

TASK:        CLASS DISCUSSION ON WRITING OBJECTIVES

• Explaining how to write objectives
• Gronlund objects
• Benjamin Bloom learning objectives
• Definition of KSA
• Identify six (6) levels of cognotive domain

When writing objectives you must be able to:

We took a look at the Gronlund Objectives which gave us a more indept understanding of the criterias and objectives necessary when writing objectives as a teacher.

When writing objectives, a teacher must have a goal in mind on the expected outcome of her class.  She must be able to successfully achieve her objectives where students understood what was taught.

According the New Encyclopidia, Benjamin Bloom was an American educational psychologist who made significant contributions to the classification of educational objectives and the theory of mastery learning. Bloom created six (6) levels of cognitive domains in order to promote higher forms of thinking in education, such as analyzing and evaluating concepts, processes, procedures, and principles, rather than just remembering facts (rote learning).

Clark, D. (n.d.). Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains. Retrieved October 22, 2017, from  

http://nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

Blooms Taxonomy Verb wheel was created to help individuals who have problems finding the right action verbs to describe what you want your students to achieve from the topic or unit.  Writing learning outcomes/objectives for your class will be easy if you refer to his wheel for appropriate words.

Knowledge Skills and Attitudes are considered part of the three domains identified in the educational styles of learning activities. Benjamin Bloom was the person who associated these to the learning process. He believed that knowledge referred to the cognitive process of mental skills. Attitude was related to the affective area that has to deal with feelings or emotions and skills the psychomotor process of manual or physical skills. These three can be seen as the goals of the learning process after a learning episode has occurred (Clark, D. 2010).

I have learnt sooooooo much today. I have been taking the wrong approach to the writing of my objectives but now that I have completed this class I am better prepared.  I now see the importance of using Blooms Toxonomy to plan for instructions.


I will ask students at the end of class to reflect on their progress in achieving the learning objective.  In doing this I will know whether or not I am successfully reaching my objective goals.