Core management courses bear a particularly challenging curricular as well as pedagogical burden insofar as they are typically the sole or primary vehicle for integrating management principles with larger university and school objectives. Compounding the challenge is that these very objectives are neither universally clear nor necessarily…

While the concept of objectives is widely used in many applied fields of instruction, the systematic derivation and application of objectives for learning and instruction is a key feature of systematic instructional design. However, the treatment of objectives and the terminology surrounding them is sometimes nebulously employed. This article…

Introductory biology courses are widely criticized for overemphasizing details and rote memorization of facts. Data to support such claims, however, are surprisingly scarce. We sought to determine whether this claim was evidence-based. To do so we quantified the cognitive level of learning targeted by faculty in introductory-level biology courses.…

Contains a list of 50 thinking and reasoning skills, with classroom behavioral illustrations given for each. (RT)

More than 960 titles of bibliographies, texts, research reports, journal articles, theses and dissertations, conference presentations, and proceedings, monographs, programed instruction, instructional packages and multimedia kits appear in this bibliography. The major portion of these entries were either published or became available between 1965…

The taxonomy adopted for use with projects operating under the auspices of the Florida Educational Research and Development Program embodies five primary categories: motor skills, verbal information, intellectual skills, cognitive strategies, and attitudes. Performance objectives are classified in terms of the learning process required for the…

Poses a question which inquires about the need for behavioral objectives, the possible uses they may have, and the educational functions that may be conceived for them. (Author)

This document presents a list of behavioral goals in the cognitive domain, developed to describe a graduate of the Newark College of Arts and Sciences teacher education program. The goals are classified according to Bloom's "Taxonomy Handbook I," and fall into the following categories: knowledge (remembering, recognition, or recall of…

This manual, specifically designed to accompany formal instruction in the writing of behavioral objectives, is also intended for use by individuals desiring knowledge of behavioral objectives and behavioral domain concepts. The introductory chapter on rationale for use of behavioral objectives outlines an instructional cycle designed to aid…

Co-article response to Mr. Ferguson's article in the same publication rebutting the objections he raised to the use of behavioral objectives in the teaching of English. (RB)

Behavioral objectives are shown to aid the learner in understanding his learning task. (GR)

The author presents and explains a classification scheme intended to define learning behavior in terms of cognitive principles, affective principles, transformational principles, and heuristic principles. (LS)

This brief, introductory booklet defines what is meant by "performance" and "process" objectives and how each type contributes to the steps necessary for incorporating "accountability" into the evaluation of a given educational program. Further, the booklet provides a set of procedures for developing and writing both performance and process…