ABCD Method

Example

Students will be able to write a few sentences about their favorite animal with 80% accuracy.

A: Audience

The audience of an objective is whoever is doing what is said in the statement. It could be cats, fish, pens, and anything else that you could imagine but most of time, it will be the students or learners. In the example that is listed above, the audience would be the "Students".

B: Behavior

The behavior of an objective is the action or the verb of the statement. The #1 mistake that is made is that the verb used in the objective does not match the assessment. For example, the behavior of my example is "write" and my assessment would not match my verb if I instead had my students draw me a picture of their favorite animal.

C: Condition

The condition of an objective is what needs to happen before the assessment or what needs to happen during the assessment. This could either be that the student needs to be able to get at least a 75% on the pre-test in order to take the final one or it could be what the assessment is actually over. In my example, my condition would be "write a few sentences about their favorite animal" which would be an example of what needs to happen during the assessment.

D: Degree

The degree of an objective is how well do they have to do on something in order to declare the objective "mastered". Depending on the class and the topic, the rate can vary but you need to ensure that it is achievable. In my example, the degree would be "with 80% accuracy".

Put It All Together!

Audience: Students will be able

Behavior: to write

Condition: (write) a few sentences about their favorite animal

Degree: with 80% accuracy.

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