Self-Check

1. What are the two most important questions an instructor should ask in designing instruction?
2. What are the elements of an ability statement?
3. What are the components of a formal ability-based objective?
4. What are the components of an informal ability-based objective?
    

Practice

If you are a faculty member at Towson University, please contact a CIAT instructional designer for feedback on these practice questions at ciat@towson.edu.

1. Identify a topic from a subject you teach and write five formal ability-based objectives.
2. Select another topic from a course you teach and write five additional informal ability-based objectives.

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