A student's understanding of a problem before he or she solves it is a critical component of successful problem solving. This understanding is based on how a problem is represented; that is, whether a problem is understood in terms of principles or solution methods or whether the focus is on features that are irrelevant to its solution. In this…

This proposed study is to investigate the design and development process of electronic performance support systems (EPSSs). The primary purpose of this study is to help the EPSS designers by proposing a more effective and productive EPSS design and developmental model. By analyzing EPSS products and observing EPSS design projects, the research…

At mid-twentieth century, the dominant framework for lesson design--the programmed instruction format--was derived from efforts to apply operant conditioning to human learning. Cognitive psychology soon offered an alternative view, represented by Robert Gagne's Events of Instruction, which became the dominant framework through the end of the…

Scully-Russ (2005) described the low-wage labor market issue and the tendency in academic literature to view the problem as "fixing" the skills of low wageworkers. However, the article does not address instructional design issues surrounding low-wage employee training interventions. This manuscript attempts to discover the key factors surrounding…

This paper demonstrates how to design an instructional process aimed at teaching general methods of thinking, using the Landamatics theory and methodology. Landamatics is not a collection of lesson plans, but rather a general method of approaching the design of any effective course of instruction or any lesson plan. The method formulates general…

This book is a resource for staff development professionals to enable them to help K-12 educators create curriculum-based online activities. The first chapter, Teachers as Instructional Designers, describes telecomputing tools and an approach to instructional design that includes a chronology of adoption and formats for professional development.…

A description of the instructional development model of interactive teaching. The model incorporates many principles of instructional development, yet retains the element of face-to-face teaching. (Author)

This article presents one man's critical examination of the question of how the curriculum director can successfully generate and guide the changes in curriculum and instruction in his own area of endeavor. (Author/RK)

Affective education is more than isolated techniques, these authors say. They analyze one experiment in affective education and attempt to point out what went wrong. (Editor)

An instructional design team, composed of experts in nursing, education, and media production, is used at the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Madison, to produce instructional units for a new curriculum. The authors summarize steps of team/faculty communications, team methodology, and factors influencing the team's effectiveness. (EA)

A look at the essential steps important for an instructional system to operate effectively. (HB)

A discussion of the basic structure of the behavioral audio-visual production which consists of objectives analysis, approach determination, technical production, fulfillment evaluation, program refinement, implementation, and follow-up. (Author)

A report on the important characteristics of instructional technologists which include (1) a belief in empirical evidence as a source of truth and a preferred basis for action; (2) familiarity with theory that relates learning experiences to learning outcomes; and (3) a set of intellectual skills that includes techniques for analyzing and…

Paper discusses the philosophy of computer-furthered instruction (CFI) and the design of a particular CFI system used in the required undergraduate course in probability theory and statistics taught in the school of Business at the University of Kansas. (Author)

With the emergence of instructional design the teacher as designer of instruction, rather than user, can make an unquestionable difference in what happens in classrooms. (Author/HB)