Step 3: Identify Standards

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Step 3: IDENTIFY STANDARDS

A well-prepared learning objective includes a standard for evaluating student performance. The

trainee's action should result in an output, and the required quantity or quality of that output is the

standard of performance. Standards can include step-by-step processes that do not permit deviation.

Others may prescribe the product of performance and the factors for judging that product.

Standards are derived from job standards identified during analysis. Similar to the development

process for conditions, learning objective standards also should be adjusted to reflect fidelity to job

standards. In some cases an implied standard may not be included in the objective. For example, an

implied standard of "without error" may be assumed for a procedural step. If an implied standard is used,

it should be easily understood by all who read the objective.

The following is a list of characteristics for standards, a description of what the characteristics

specify, and an example of a learning objective including these standards: