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Writing Training Materials That Work : How to Train Anyone to Do Anything
ISBN: 978-0-7879-6411-5
Hardcover
272 pages
January 2003, Pfeiffer
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  • Description
  • Table of Contents
  • Author Information
  • Reviews
List of Figures.

Contents of the CD-ROM.

Acknowledgments.

Preface.

Introduction.

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO THE COGNITIVE APPROACH.

Chapter 1: The Cognitive Approach to Training Development.

The Cognitive Approach to Instructional Design.

The Cognitive Point of View on How Learning Occurs.

Declarative and Procedural Knowledge and Their Subtypes.

Summary.

Chapter 2: A Cognitive Training Model.

A New Cognitive Model.

Learner Tasks and Lesson Elements.

How to Read the Cognitive Training Model.

Differentiating Our Model from Gagne's.

How to Use the Model.

Summary.

PART II: HOW TO DESIGN LESSONS USING THE COGNITIVE APPROACH.

Chapter 3: How to Begin Any Lesson: The First Three Lesson Elements.

About Using the Lesson Elements Attention, WIIFM, and YCDI to Begin a Lesson.

Using the Lesson Elements Attention, WIIFM, and YCDI to Begin a Lesson.

Summary.

Chapter 4: How to Organize and Present Information: Message Design Principles.

About Using the Lesson Elements to Help Learners Organize the Information.

Summary.

Chapter 5: Teaching Facts.

About Facts.

General Strategies for Teaching Facts.

Using the Lesson Elements to Teach Facts.

Summary.

Chapter 6: Teaching Concepts.

About Concepts.

General Strategies for Teaching Concepts.

Using the Lesson Elements to Teach Concepts.

Summary.

Chapter 7: Teaching Principles and Mental Models.

About Principles and Mental Models.

General Strategies for Teaching Principles and Mental Models.

Using the Lesson Elements to Teach Principles and Mental Models.

Summary.

Chapter 8: Teaching Well-Structured Problem-Solving.

About Well-Structured Problem-Solving.

General Strategies for Teaching Well-Structured Problem-Solving.

Using the Lesson Elements to Teach Well-Structured Problem-Solving.

Summary.

Chapter 9: Teaching Ill-Structured Problem-Solving.

About Ill-Structured Problem-Solving.

Problems Learning Ill-Structured Problem-Solving.

General Strategies for Teaching Ill-Structured Problem-Solving.

Using the Lesson Elements to Teach Ill-Structured Problem-Solving.

Summary.

Chapter 10: Teaching Troubleshooting.

About Troubleshooting.

General Strategies for Teaching Troubleshooting.

Using the Lesson Elements to Teach Troubleshooting.

Summary.

Chapter 11: Teaching Complete Lessons.

Combining Declarative and Procedural Teaching: Two Approaches.

Two Key ID Issues.

Template.

An Example of the Recommended Approach to Combined Lessons.

Summary.

PART III: USING THE COGNITIVE APPROACH: THE RESEARCH ISSUES.

Chapter 12: Issues Underlying the Cognitive Approach to Instructional Design.

Purpose and Approach.

How the Behavioral and Cognitive Approaches Differ.

Summary.

Chapter 13: Issues Underlying Teaching Declarative Knowledge.

How Declarative and Procedural Knowledge Differ.

Facts.

Concepts.

Principles and Mental Models.

Common Errors in Teaching Declarative Knowledge.

Summary.

Chapter 14: Issues Underlying Teaching Procedural Knowledge.

About Procedural Knowledge.

Terminology.

How Learners Solve Problems.

Problem-Solving Strategies.

Teaching Procedural Knowledge to Solve Problems.

Issues in Teaching Ill-Structured Problem Solving.

Issues in Teaching Troubleshooting.

Summary.

Further Reading.

About the Authors.

Index.

How to Use the CD-ROM.

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