Bloom (1956) pioneered the measurement of learning outcomes with a taxonomy of educational objectives, but educators often ignore affective learning objectives and focus on attaining cognitive objectives. This study examined student journals as a way to correct the overemphasis on cognitive objectives. Results suggested that course expectations…

Article examines why the universities have not accepted behavioral objectives. (HB)

Evaluation has two clear and distinct segments. Evaluation in cognition applies to the constant reevaluation of the internal processes of the organization. Evaluation is also a system of valuing those things with which the organization is primarily concerned. Therefore, the broad area of evaluation is both the self-evaluation of the processes of…

More than 960 titles of bibliographies, texts, research reports, journal articles, theses and dissertations, conference presentations, and proceedings, monographs, programed instruction, instructional packages and multimedia kits appear in this bibliography. The major portion of these entries were either published or became available between 1965…

This booklet presents guidelines and procedures to facilitate the development and writing of performance objectives at different levels of specificity. Chapter 1 contains a brief review of performance objectives. Chapter 2 reviews behavioral variables under the three headings of cognitive variables, affective variables, and psychomotor variables.…

The taxonomy adopted for use with projects operating under the auspices of the Florida Educational Research and Development Program embodies five primary categories: motor skills, verbal information, intellectual skills, cognitive strategies, and attitudes. Performance objectives are classified in terms of the learning process required for the…

The author presents two competencies in the psychomotor domain and two in the cognitive domain which describe the physically educated high school student. (MJB)

Examines the controversy over the comparative effectiveness of behavioristic versus cognitive approaches to psychotherapy and analyzes the current trend towards a more cognitively oriented form of behavior therapy. (BD)

This paper attempted to highlight the functional relevance the cognitive, maturational, and behavioral theories of child development might have for preschool educational programming. (Author/RK)

The authors explore the acceptance of Bloom's Taxonomies -- both affective and cognitive.... They relate the two and suggest learning paths" incorporating classifications from both Taxonomies. (Editor)

The purpose of the present study was to explore the conceptual scheme of the taxonomy within a conventional achievement oriented public school classroom by means of techniques that permitted a distinction between item difficulty and item complexity. (Author)

Emphasizing an holistic approach to learning and life ("put a book in your backpack"), this speech advocates Douglas Heath's maxim 'We hobble a gifted youth if his talent is not yoked to passion; we drown the passionate youth if his emotionality is not disciplined by intellectual skills.' (JC)

Nine of 11 Central Ohio horticulture teachers completed the Group Embedded Figures Test and Florida Taxonomy of Cognitive Behavior. Scores showed 55% were field independent and 44% field dependent. They taught 47% of the time at the knowledge level; 84% of teaching occurred at the lower levels of cognition. Higher field independence scores were…

In the right hands, learning objectives are great tools for clarifying thinking, breaking down learning into component parts, creating a logical order to learning, and demonstrating that a learning intervention is successful. Mostly, however, they have become cliches. With the industry's tendency to use them as pro forma media bites, they tend to…