While writing the objectives, statements that are not clear/vague must be avoided.

 When clearly defined objectives are lacking, there is no sound basis for the selection or designing of instructional materials, content, or methods.

 Instructional objectives describe the skills, knowledge, abilities or attitudes learners should posses or demonstrate after they complete the training. The starting point for designing a course of study should include these instructional objectives; the objectives determine the intended outcomes of the training. Good instructional objectives describe an observable performance, that can be observed and measured by an instructor. In a nutshell, instructional objectives is to:

•    Describe a skill that learners are expected to posses after instruction.

•   Describe a measureable performance.

•   Describe the performance conditions.

Instructional objectives are also called as learning objectives.