Seven Steps You Can Take to Improve Your Objectives. Third Edition.

This document gives examples of seven steps a classroom teacher can take to improve both instructional and learning objectives. This improvement is to be measured by increased student learning. The seven steps are as follows: a) write a simple behavioral objective, b) edit, c) revise objective to make it learner centered, d) clarify, e) evaluate specific criteria, f) pinpoint learning conditions, and validate. Examples and applications are given in the areas of social science and history, English grammar, nursing, and allied health. (Author)