This leading text is a concise and practical resource to writing and using objectives. Expanded coverage in key areas, along with thorough updates, makes it the essential “how-to-do-it” text regarding instructional objectives. It describes and illustrates how to state instructional objectives in performance terms that clearly define desired learning outcomes (intellectual, affective, and performance skills) and expected student performance. Furthermore, it demonstrates how to use them in planning, teaching, learning, and assessment.