Thorough preparation of behavioral objectives ensures a greater degree of content knowledge on the part of the teacher, which in turn increases self-confidence in communication skills, improves interaction with students, and speeds learning process. (MJB)

Comparisons are drawn between the ideas of mastery learning and instructional design. Agreement is noted concerning the main factors contributing to the quality of instruction. Differences exist in the taxonomic categories of learned performance of the two systems and in the proposal of instructional design that each category requires a different…

Discusses advantages and disadvantages of the lecture method as an instructional form; circumstances where lectures serve a useful purpose; the general lecture model, which includes an introduction, presentation, and summary; and three variations on this general model--interactive, demonstrational, and interactive demonstration lectures. (MBR)

Develops a heuristic device called the Formative Evaluation Outcomes Matrix that systematizes the data from three commonly used formative evaluation instruments for the purpose of diagnosing faults in products of the design process. (Author)

By using the procedure presented in this article, instructional developers will be able to make supportable decisions about their material without going through a complex statistical exercise and, perhaps, without having a large sample size. (Author/ER)

In order to provide for the varied learning activities and uniquely designed environments called for by the modern teaching-learning process it is necessary to use a system approach to instructional design. (JY)

The Experiential Taxonomy is one that teachers who have taken an introductory inservice mini-course can use in the classroom as an effective tool for planning and evaluation of student experiences. It can be used equally effectively in the classroom for planning, amending, implementing, and evaluating each student activity or learning sequence.…

The article provides an account of the developing and changing perspectives of educational technology in the IET during its brief history, as well as its organizational structure, operations and publications.

The purpose of this presentation is to continue the dialogue on the professional status of and the specialization within the instructional design and technology (IDT) field. This presentation highlights the similarities and differences among the various classification systems, which are used for ranking occupational fields, and discusses the most…

This paper begins to lay out the relationship between user-design and traditional ISD models by explicating the specifics of the practice of both. A discussion of the similarities and differences between the two constructs is followed by a more direct comparison of the processes involved in ISD and user-design. The challenges associated with…

It is not advisable to discuss Instructional Design (ID) problems without having previously clarified the paradigm issue. After a reconstruction of the "objectivist" and "constructivist" points of view, reasons for preferring a realistic position are outlined. On that basis the theoretical status of ID statements is elaborated as either…

In contrast to their instructional use, games may also be used for operational purposes. TAG deals with the process of task anslysis which is an important preliminary activity in instructional development. The game is designed for use by teams of instructional developers. (Author/JA)

A look at the major concern of the Lincoln Leadership Conference which was to report the results of attempting to use a procedural manual in the design of instruction for television.'' (Author/AK)