Instructional Design Theories and Models: An Overview of Their Current Status 1st Edition

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Cover INSTRUCTIONAL-DESIGN THEORIES AND MODELS: An Overview of their Current Status Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents About This Book Suggestions for Reading This Book Foreword UNIT I INSTRUCTION: WHAT THE DISCIPLINE IS LIKE 1. Instructional Design: What Is It and Why Is It? Purpose of This Chapter Why Instructional Design? How Does Instructional Design Relate to Education What is Instructional Design Like? How Should You Read This Book? History of Instructional-Design Theory Advanced Topics 2. A Metatheory of Instruction: A Framework for Analyzing and Evaluating Instructional Theories and Models Introduction A Proposal for a Metatheory of Instruction Characteristics of Instructional Theories and Models Summary 3. Descriptive and Prescriptive Theories of Learning and Instruction: An Analysis of Their Relationships and Interactions Instructional Processes As A Particular Case of Control (Management) Processes Descriptive Theories, Prescriptive Theories, and Programs of Instruction Learning Theories and Programs: Their Relationships With Instructional Theories and Programs Can Instructional Theories and Programs Be Derived From Learning Theories and Programs? Regularities of Learning and Instructional Practice Two Objectives of Instruction Summary UNIT II MODELS AND THEORIES OF INSTRUCTION 4. Contributions of Gagné and Briggs to a Prescriptive Model of Instruction Learning-Theory Background Selecting Instructional Objectives and Sequencing Instruction Instructional Events Instructional Media Conclusion Glossary 5. A Behavioral Approach to Instructional Prescription Introduction Conditions Treatments Matching Treatments and Conditions Multiple Objectives Summary 6. The Algo-Heuristic Theory of Instruction What is the Algo-Heuristic Theory of Instruction About? Building and Testing Models of Unobservable Cognitive Processes Algo-Heuristic Prescriptions as a Means of Increasing the Efficiency of Instruction Some Shortcomings of Conventional Instruction Additional Definitions Some Methods of the Management and Development of Algo-Heuristic Processes An Integrated Model of Instruction Concluding Remarks and Summary 7. Instructional Strategies Based on the Structural Learning Theory Introduction A Prototypic Instructional Strategy Based on the Structural Learning Theory Essentials of Instructional Theory Overview of the Structural Learning Theory 8. A Cognitive Theory of Inquiry Teaching Introduction The Theory Conclusion 9. Component Display Theory Introduction The Performance-Content Matrix Presentation Forms Performance-PPF Consistency Content-PPF Consistency Adequacy Rules Learner Control Student Conscious Cognitive Processing Training Materials for CDT Research Support for CDT 10. The Elaboration Theory of Instruction Introduction An Analogy Strategy Components The Elaboration Model Variations of the Model Using the Elaboration Theory Support for Validity Conclusion 11. Motivational Design of Instruction Introduction Problems in the Study of Motivation Motivation and Learning Motivational-Design Model Interest Relevance Expectancy Outcomes Conclusions UNIT III COMMENTARY 12. Is Instructional Theory Alive and Well? Actual and Potential Audiences Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Observations About the Total Group of Theories Observations About Individual Theories Conclusions: Status of Instructional Theory and Implications for Users Concluding Remarks Author Index Subject Index