Instructional Design 10/09/08

Randy and Lisa do a presentation; Chapter 8, Declarative Knowledge

1. Names and labels
2. Facts and lists
3. Organized discourse

memorized by linking new knowledge to existing knowledge, must be integrated into prior knowledge
mnemonic devices

Instructional design implications

1. establish instructional purpose
2. preview the lesson material
3. stimulate relevant knowledge recall by using advanced organizers and mnemonic devices
4. present material in the best way to process it - mnemonic and images, chunking and clustering, devising generic rules
5. focus attention on important information
6. practice in the way it will need to be remembered
7. give appropriate feedback
8. summarize and review, which clarifies and ensures schema tuning in organized discourse, and gives extra practice for facts, lists and labels
9. assess and recall, not application of material

Names & Labels - present 1 of the 2 elements and have the learner identify the other
Facts & Lists - use verbatim recall
Organized Discourse - paraphrased recall

Concept Learning

The ability to apply knowledge across a variety of instances and circumstances
Compare and contrast
concrete - senses
abstract