New to the eighth edition new chapter specific instructional objectives written in the gronlund format are found at the beginning of each chapter and serve as a model and highlight for students the explicit learning goals for the chapter. Gronlunds is a specific procedure for writing objectives one that can be used to achieve all types of learning outcomes and is especially suited to teaching thinking performance and problem solving skills the book stresses the important role of objectives in the teaching learning assessment process starting from state content standards and how objectives can be used to improve . Gronlunds writing instructional objectives 8 e norman e gronlund late of university of illinois at urbana champaign susan m brookhart duquesne university. Gronlunds writing instructional objectives 8 e new to the eighth edition new chapter specific instructional objectives written in the gronlund format are found at the beginning of each chapter and serve as a model and highlight for students the explicit learning goals for the chapter new exercises that mirror some of the defined learning outcomes for that chapter have been added . Gronlunds is a specific procedure for writing objectives one that can be used to achieve all types of learning outcomes and is especially suited to teaching thinking performance and problem solving skills the book stresses the important role of objectives in the teaching learning assessment process starting from state content standards and how objectives can be used to improve