Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Goals vs Objectives

Learning objective: to learn how to ride a bicycle.
Performance objective: to be able to ride a bicycle.
behavioral objective: to carry on riding a bike after knowing the ropes?
Briefly, yes.

Goal statements can generally tolerate fuzziness, and are mostly fuzzy. This is as compared to objectives. When you compare goals and objectives then you will obtain a clearer picture. Objectives are definite, measurable intended outcomes. A set of objectives adds up to achieve the more general goal. The goal is thus usually general and ideal and therefore a bit hazy. In designing learning strategies you will need to have/explain both goal and objectives.
-Elmie

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