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ERIC Number: EJ147223
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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In Defense of Behavioral Objectives
Lewenstein, Morris
Social Education, 40, 7, 560,564-5, Nov/Dec 76
Presents arguments in favor of setting behavioral objectives for the social studies. A discussion of criticisms that have been made of the behavioral objective approach to curriculum development is presented. The author concludes that it is impossible to determine the success of a program without specific behavioral objectives. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Concept Formation, Course Objectives, Educational Objectives, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Social Studies, Teaching Methods
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