Prescriptive Principles for Instructional Design

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 173-184

  David Merrill, M ^a   Barclay, Matthew ^b   van Schaak, Andrew ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4C ID: Four component instructional design model (van Merri nboer, 1997).; Activation principle: Learning is promoted when learners activate relevant cognitive structures.; Application principle: Learning is promoted when learners engage in application of their newly acquired knowledge or skill.; Cognitive training model: A five task instructional design model (Foshay et al., 2003).; Cycle of instruction: The activation demonstration application integration cycle of the first principles.; Demonstration principle: Learning is promoted when learners observe a demonstration of the skills to be learned.; e Learning principles: Prescriptive principles for designing e learning; see multimedia learning principles.; First principles of instruction: Five principles fundamental to effective, efficient, and engaging learning.; Instructional design: Creating blueprints for effective, efficient, and engaging instruction.; Integration principle: Learning is promoted when learners integrate their new knowledge into their everyday life.; Minimalist principles: Instructional design principles for sparse instruction.; Multimedia learning principles: Likely effects of text, animation, audio, and graphics on learning.; Pebble in the Pond instructional design: A contentfirst approach to designing instruction.; Problem centered instruction: See task centered instruction principle and strategy.; Scaled instructional strategies: Hypothesis that application of the first principles has an accumulating performance effect for complex skills.; Structure guidance coaching reflection cycle: Instructional assistance within the activation demonstration application reflection cycle of instruction.; Task centered instruction principle: The central principle that learning is promoted when learners are engaged in a task centered approach.; Task centered instructional strategy: Teaching component skills in the context of a progression of realworld whole tasks.; Topic centered instructional strategy: Teaching component skills in sequence prior to their application to a whole task.

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EID: 85144949652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203880869-16     Document Type: Chapter

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