Quiz # 3
Learning Objectives
for Effective Resource-Based Assignments
James Madison University
Place a T next to those statements that describe your views on learning objectives and
their role in developing students’ information skills.
Place an F next those statements that do not accurately describe your views on learning
objectives and their role in developing students’ information skills.
1. _____ Learning objectives focus on what teachers are expected to do.
2. _____ Effective resource-based assignment, do not require written learning
objectives.
3. _____ Knowing and communicating what you want students to learn increases the
chances of students learning it.
4. _____ A learning objective is a description of a performance you want learners to be
able to exhibit in order to consider them competent.
5. _____ The purpose of learning objectives is to specify the expected student learning
in terms of observable and ‘testable’ knowledge and skills.
6. _____ Learning objectives clarify and communicate expectations.
7. _____ When writing learning objectives it is best not to start with the end result in
mind.
8. _____ Learning objectives should be observable, specific and measurable or testable.
9. _____ Verbs like appreciate, believe, familiarize, grasp, know, learn, and
understand are precise enough to be observable and measurable.
10. _____ In Bloom’s Taxonomy, knowledge and comprehension are higher order
reasoning skills.
11. _____ Effective, information literacy learning objectives are tied to course goals.
12. _____ When designing an effective resource-based assignment, revision of the
learning objectives is seldom required.