L2

Learning Targets for

Performance and
Product-Oriented
Assessment
Education Objectives

Benjamin Bloom
February 21, 1913
Education Objectives
Education Objectives
Domains-types of goals

C- knowledge-based goals
A- affective goals
P- skills-based goals
 1 Receiving

2 Responding

3 Valuing

4 Organization
TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL
OBJECTIVES IN AFFECTIVE DOMAIN Characterization/
5 Internalizing Value
1 Receiving

2 Responding

3 Valuing

4 Organization

Characterization/
5 Internalizing Value
 ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE
LEVEL DESCRIPTION
VERB OBJECTIVE

Receiving Awareness or asks,

Listens
passive chooses,
attentively to
attention to a holds,
the instruction
phenomenon identifies,
of the teacher
or stimulus listens

1 Receiving
 ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE
LEVEL DESCRIPTION
VERB OBJECTIVE
Active
Responding answers,
attention and Participates
compiles,
response to a actively in the
participates,
particular focus-group
practices,
phenomenon discussion
writes
or stimulus

2 Responding
 ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE
LEVEL DESCRIPTION
VERB OBJECTIVE
Attaching
Valuing completes,
value or worth Demonstrates
demonstrates,
to a belief in the
differentiates,
phenomenon value of the
explains,
or object. election
justifies
Valuing may
range from
acceptance to
commitment

3 Valuing
 ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE
LEVEL DESCRIPTION
VERB OBJECTIVE

Organization Organizing
adheres, Defends the
values into
defends, importance of
priorities by
organizes, graduate
comparing,
synthesizes education in the
relating, and
career of a
synthesizing
teacher
specific
values

4 Organization
 ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE
LEVEL DESCRIPTION
VERB OBJECTIVE

Characterization Having a Displays

acts,
personal commitment to
displays,
value system helping
influences,
that is now a economically
solves,
characteristic disadvantaged
verifies
of the learner students

Characterization/
5 Internalizing Value
 TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL No data to display

OBJECTIVES
in Psychomotor Domain

Elizabeth Simpson (1972) built the taxonomy for the

psychomotor domain, seven levels of expertise are
describes perception, set, guided response, mechanism,
complex overt response, adaptation, and organizing.
 TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
in Psychomotor Domain

4 Mechanism
Perception 1
Complex Overt
5 Response
No data to display
Set 2
6 Adaptation
Guided
3
Response
7 Organization
 TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
in Psychomotor Domain

Level Description Illustrative Verbs Sample Objectives

adjust,
The ability to use Detects non-verbal cues
describes,
from the participants
Perception sensory to guide detects,
motor activity identifies,
selects
 TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
in Psychomotor Domain

Level Description Illustrative Verbs Sample Objectives

The mental, begins,
physical, and displays, Shows motivation to
emotional sets knows, learn a new skill
Set that predispose a recognizes,
person’s response shows,
to different states
situations.
 TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
in Psychomotor Domain

Level Description Illustrative Verbs Sample Objectives

copies, Performs the

Demonstration of
mathematical operation
Guided a complex skill performs,
by following the steps
through guided follows,
Response practice like reacts, demonstrated by the
responds teacher
imitation and trial
and error
 TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
in Psychomotor Domain

Level Description Illustrative Verbs Sample Objectives

Learned assembles,
responses have dismantles,
Plays the guitar
Mechanism become habitual fixes,
and movements manipulates,
can be performed plays
with some degree
of confidence
and proficiency
 TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
in Psychomotor Domain

Level Description Illustrative Verbs Sample Objectives

Performance of assembles,
Complex motor acts that dismantles, Demonstrates one’s
expertise in playing the
Overt involve complex
movement patterns
manipulates,
organizes guitar
Response in a quick, accurate,
(similar with
and highly
coordinated manner. Mechanisms but
Characterized by performed in a more
automatic coordinated and
performance and
quicker way)
performance without
hesitation
 TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
in Psychomotor Domain

Level Description Illustrative Verbs Sample Objectives

Psychomotor skills adapts, Modifies the dance

Adaptation are well developed
alters, steps to suit the
and the person can
modifies, abilities of one’s
modify movement
patterns to fit rearranges, groupmates
special requirements varies
 TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
in Psychomotor Domain

Level Description Illustrative Verbs Sample Objectives

Creating new
movement patterns
to fit a particular arranges,
Create new steps for a
Organization situation or specific builds,
contemporary version of
problem. Learning combines,
a classic dance hit
outcomes emphasize creates,
creativity based
designs
upon highly
developed skills