AFFECTIVE DOMAIN: BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES AND CLINICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

Abstract

         Three educational objectives, cognitive or intellect domain, affective or psychological domain, and psychomotor skill or practice, can improve all students’ learning outcomes. The examples of measuring and evaluating learning outcomes in terms of intelligence and practical skills are familiar and tangible; however, measuring and evaluating the psychological effects of learners such as awareness, perception of value, and sense of responsibility for learning is quite difficult because these domains are inseparable from each other. Therefore, this article aims to give examples of behavioral objectives, and evaluation criteria in educational objectives in the field of affective domain based on the concept of Krathwohl, Bloom, and Macia (1964) as a guideline for nurse teachers in clinical setting to apply in accordance with expected learning outcomes.