Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Objectives.

For "State the Objectives", the most common reference is the Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Objectives. 


Bloom's Taxonomy was created in 1956 under the leadership of educational psychologist Dr Benjamin Bloom in order to promote higher forms of thinking in education, such as analyzing and evaluating concepts, processes, procedures, and principles, rather than just remembering facts (rote learning). It is most often used when designing educational, training, and learning processes.

The 3 Learning Domains

1. Cognitive: mental skills (knowledge) 
2. Affective: growth in feelings or emotional areas (attitude or self) 
3. Psychomotor: manual or physical skills (skills)

The level of Bloom's Taxonomy goes like this:

For more information about Bloom's Taxonomy of Objectives, visit this site and download the pdf: 

http://www.atlantic.edu/program/academic/factgov/documents/BloomsTaxonomyinfo.pdf