Instructional design/Learning objectives/Examples and Non-Examples of Criterion Phrases

Helpful questions
When deciding how to word criteria some questions that will help to describe the criteria are:
 * How well does the learner need to perform in order to appropriately achieve the objective?
 * How will we know if the object has been achieved?
 * How is the performance measured?
 * Is this measurement realistic?

Good and Bad examples:
Bad .... write a metric measurement of weight.

Good .... weigh an object to the nearest gram.

Bad .... write an example of a business letter.

Good .... write an example of a business letter with no spelling, grammar or punctuation errors and within a 60 minute time frame. (this sentence actually has two criteria, accuracy-errors and time-minutes)

Criterion and Bloom's Taxonomy


..... write a correct list of 20 high blood pressure medications with no more than 2 incorrect answers. (Knowledge)

..... name at least 3 generic substitutions of 20 high blood pressure medications with at least 80% accuracy. (Comprehension)

..... determine the correct high blood pressure medication for a patient within the top 3 answers provided by the doctor. (Application)

..... correctly diagnose 20 patients with no more than 2 incorrect. (Analysis)

..... devise 2 alternate medication plans for 10 patients that meet the approval of at least 80% of an expert panel. (Synthesis)

..... demonstrate a correct physical exam on 10 patients adhering to AMA standards, with at least 80% accuracy according to an expert panel. (Evaluation)

Self-test
Using the deciding how to word criteria questions above can you answer the two questions below correctly? {Which of these criteria is a bad example? + ...saw a 2" X 4" board. - ...saw a 2" X 4" board within 1/8" of the marked line. - ...saw a 2" X 4" board in half within 60 seconds.
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{Which of these is the best example of good criteria? - ...answers must be accurate. - ...answers must be to the nearest whole number. + ...answers must be accurate to the nearest whole number.
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