OBJECTIVES:
GUIDING QUESTIONS

1. What are the major knowledge/skills/attitudes you want your learner to leave with?

2. What level of learning do you want learners to achieve for each objective (see Table 3 in Reference Tables)?

3. How would you complete the sentence "After this learning experience, you should be able to...'?

   1. What action verb matches the desired level of learning (see Table 1 in Reference Tables) for each objective? (This should be the first word of your sentence completion for each objective.)

   2. How can you write your objectives in "SMART" terms - specific, measurable, attainable for target audience within scheduled time and specified conditions, relevant and results-oriented, targeted to learner and desired level of learning? (See "Effective Use of Performance Objectives".)

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University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 2002