Benefits and Drawbacks of Operational Objetives in Educational or Social Programs: An Example in Educational Psychology.
Abstract
This research studied the outcome of the variable: “level of specificity in writing
educational objectives”. The analysis of the results compiled by three interviews
applied to 51 teachers revealed correlation coefficients that, even though moderate,
were statistically significant and showed that the teachers tend to write more specific
educational objectives the lower the age of the students, the grade, and the number
of students in the class. In addition, the level of specificity of the educational objectives cumwritten by the teachers has a positive and statistically significant correlation to a successful experience in applying behavioral techniques for classroom management.
Finally, neither the number of courses in which the teacher studied operant
conditioning, nor the usefulness assigned to these techniques showed a statistically
significant correlation with the level of specificity of the reported objectives. The
study discusses the relationship between general and specific goals.
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