Take a few minutes to reflect on your instructional goals. In particular, jot down your thoughts on the following questions:
What knowledge of specific terms, symbols or facts do you wish to encourage?
What knowledge of rules, guidelines, conventions, or theories will be promoted or required by this assignment?
What attitudes, values or awarenesses do you wish to encourage?
What types of thinking do your goals call for; what patterns of thinking and writing in your discipline do you want to teach (for example, interpretation, analysis, extrapolation, description, synthesis)?
Finally, what type of writing will help you meet your purposes, for example, research report, lab report, personal experience paper, field notes, journal, reaction paper, annotated bibliography, proposal, interview, etc.?

This short version of our workshop activity has been adapted from Bloom, Benjamin S., et al. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals. (1974 edition). New York: D. McKay, 1974.