InsInstructional Goals and Performance Objectives

Instructional Goals and Performance Objectives

Outline how to develop instructional goal/s and performance objectives based on a needs assessment and gap analysis (regarding training/learning online education so quickly for teachers who are being switched from traditional classrooms due to the pandemic) and a particular theory or model. Instructional goals are broad, general statements about what is to be learned. Think of it as a target to be reached or achieved.

Performance objectives should be written following the guidelines below.

• Condition (C): What are the conditions required for the learner’s mastery of the objective?
• Behavior (B): What do you want the learners to do?
• Performance (P): What is the degree of accuracy the learners need to accomplish?

Useful resources:

Richey, R., Klein, J., & Tracey, M. (2011). The instructional design knowledge base: Theory, research, and practice (1st ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

Christensen, T. K. (2008). The role of theory in instructional design: Some views of an id practitioner. Performance Improvement, 47(4). p25-32.