Instructional design/Learning objectives/Where Conditions Come From

Resources for Conditions
For an objective, almost anything can be used in the condition. There are four primary categories - tools, references, aids, and contexts - that can be included in an objective. With reference to resources, the condition phrase is written specifying "what the learner will be given or not given". A few examples of the resources described in conditions are in the following table.

Tools
A "tool" is usually some physical instrument that is used to accomplish a specific purpose. For learning objectives, the purpose is the behavior required by the performance phrase of the objective.

For example:
 * Given a voltmeter, the student will be able to measure the voltage....
 * Given a TI-X30 calculator, the student will be able to solve for the tangent....

Aids
An "aid" is a support for the performance of the objective that would be used on the job, or is needed to measure the behavior.

For example:
 * Given the emergency procedures checklist, the dispatcher will be able to demonstrate the initial response to a fire....
 * Given the reflection paper rubric, the student will be able to evaluate another student's paper....

Context
A "context" is the environment or situation where the student will perform the behavior.

For example:
 * During a role-play scenario where a customer identifies their values and goals for investing money, the investment broker associate will be able to select.....
 * Given a recreation of the Cessna aircraft wreckage, the investigator trainee will be able to diagram the wreckage pattern....

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