Writing Learning Objectives Course objectives guide all
educational activities and are critical to the success of a
course. The most frequent reasons a course proposal is returned
for revision are that the course objectives are: - Teaching
rather than learning objectives (i.e., they are written from the
perspective of the instructor rather than of the learner) -
Written at too low a level of cognitive domain for graduate
education A brief guide, Writing Learning Objectives , can
assist you in writing appropriate objectives. In addition, some
course objectives are presented and critiqued below in an effort
to improve their usefulness to students: A common issue with
many of the following objectives is that they often combine two
or more lower level objectives that are precursors to doing the
higher level objective. This format can obscure the higher level
objective: - Identify, summarize, and interpret data and
information relevant to a health policy issue. - Identify,
interpret, and evaluate policies related