Unit 4
P/F Writing Assignment

Please turn in both the table of specifications and your full list of objectives, with at least the latter listing SLOs according to your few topic areas (see the samples provided in the syllabus).

• You must have at least one SLO for each of the 6 Bloom levels.
• You will be using multiple choice (MC) items to get at the first three Bloom levels. (MC can't get at the higher level processes and you don't want to waste essays on lower-level objectives.) The action verbs for these SLOs must reflect that fact, for example, "identify" or "distinguish" rather than "explain." Don't worry if you can't find many different verbs because there aren't many.
• You will use your 3 supply-type items (2 restricted-response essays and 1 performance-based task) to get at the higher levels. The action verbs for these SLOs should reflect this--"construct," "defend," etc.
• You obviously can't list the question numbers in the body of the table at this point, so just put an X in the appropriate cell of the table to indicate which Bloom level each SLO is meant to tap.
• There are many ways of actually structuring the table, because there are many ways to group and display your SLOs in the table. You may abbreviate your SLOs on the table itself, because you will be including the fully spelled out list on a separate sheet. Be absolutely clear (with numbering, etc.) which SLO in your list goes with which entry in your 2-way table.
• Don't worry about getting things wrong--this is just a learning exercise. You can, and probably will want to, revise your table as you get further into the project. But please realize that the table of specifications is the heart of your project. All else depends on it.

Note: The table is easily constructed in either Excel or the Table function of Word.