Objectives

To understand that well-chosen words can enhance ideas and support different purposes in effective persuasive communication.
 * OBJECTIVE**

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=A Quick Guide to Writing Learning Objectives=
 * Select a [|verb]for performing the task.
 * Determine if the verb you have chosen best describes the type of behavior that the learners need to display after training (see [|Bloom's Taxonomy] or the [|People, Data, and Things Checklist]).
 * Under what [|conditions] must the task be performed?
 * Determine to what [|standards] the task must be performed.
 * Sample outlines for writing a [|learning objective]:

Template 1
After the training period the learner will be able to perform (task) _. The task must be performed under the following conditions: (condition 1) __,__ ___ (condition 2) _____, and__ __ (condition 3) __. The following standards must be met: (standard 1) _, _ (standard 2), and (standard 3) _.

Template 2
Perform _ (task) __when given__ ___ (condition 1) _____ and__ _ (condition 2) ___. The learners must be trained to__ __ (standards) __.

Template 3
Given a (condition 1) _, (condition 2), and (condition 3) _, perform ___ (task) _____. The task must be performed as__ __ (standards) _____.

Template 4
_ (task) _ with

(condition 1) _, (condition 2) _, and (condition 3) _, by (standard 1) _, (standard 2) _, and (standard 3) _.

Standards with Examples
Standards are measurable criteria:
 * How often?
 * at least once per hour
 * at the start of every cycle
 * Before starting the task or after
 * How well?
 * exactly 7%
 * no more than 1 error
 * accurate to three decimal points
 * within 15 minutes (never use a time standard unless it is required by the job)
 * How many?
 * identify at least 16 items
 * produce 4 items
 * How much?
 * 100 meters long
 * 1/2 block before turning
 * How will we know it is OK?
 * until the left hand is touching
 * by speaking only after the customer has spoken
 * Combination
 * produce at least 15 per hour (how many and how often)
 * until the ditch is 300 feet long with tapering slopes (how much and we know it is OK)

Conditions with Examples

 * What is given?
 * by checking a chart
 * by looking at photo
 * by referring to the manual
 * or not given
 * without reference to the manual
 * with no supervision
 * What are the variables?
 * no matter how upset the customer becomes
 * Combination
 * when driving (what is given) in the city (variable)