• Provides clarity for teachers and students

• Makes objectives measurable.

• Ensures alignment with assessment

• Encourages student-centred planning

​Why Use ABCD?

​Specifies who is learning.

​​Audience

​What will the learner be able to do? Must be observable and measurable.

​​Behaviour

​Under what circumstances? Name the situation or the tools provided.

​​Condition

​How will they prove mastery? Clearly state the performance standard

​​Degree of Accuracy

​Keep it Specific

Example :
Grade 6 students will ...

​​Audience

​​Behaviour

Name the situation or the tools provided.

Example:

​​Condition

​What is the performance standard?

Example:

​​Degree of Accuracy

​Avoid vague terms, use action verbs that are observable and measurable.

Example :
list, describe, solve, compare

• ​with 90 % accuracy

• within 3 minutes

• without any grammatical errors.

• Given a set of flashcards...

• After reading a passage...

• Without using a calculator...

Given an outline map of Jamaica(C), Grade 4 students (A)will label the 14 parishes of Jamaica (B) with no more than 2 errors (D)

​ABCD Objective

Students will label the parishes of Jamaica

​Vague Objective

Putting it all Together