Instructional
Analysis Assignment
Prepare a goal analysis and an instructional analysis
for your project. If your project is fairly large,
you may hand in a partial analysis at this time to
get feedback on its form and content. A partial
analysis might consist of an analysis of the
subordinate skills and objectives of just one or two
of the steps identified in the goal analysis. I
recommend choosing what looks like the hardest
part of the analysis. You should do this because it
ensures that you get feedback on the part where you
probably need it most. After completing the hardest
part, the rest will go much more smoothly. At the end
of the semester, your project should contain the
complete instructional analysis.
The instructional analysis should contain
- The overall instructional goal of the project
- The basic steps identified in the goal
analysis, plus an identification of the type
of learning involved in each one.
- A complete analysis of the subordinate skills
and concepts that make up
each of the steps. This should be carried
through the first level of
prerequisite skills and concepts (entry
behaviors) you identify.
The format of your instructional analysis may vary
widely, depending on the nature of your goals. Goals
that are all verbal information and concepts may be
presented most usefully as an outline. Skills of
various sorts might be a flowchart, with tasks and
decision points. If you are teaching a
decision-making process, you might use a table of
criteria and decisions.
The length of your analysis may vary widely as
well. Obviously, the longer it is, the more you will
have to teach later in the semester. If you find
yours growing very long, we might want to find ways
to cut it down.
Many of you will find that you need to combine
different types of formats. Fine. Use the examples
from the textbook and from class to help guide you.
Remember: the key point is to convey the structure of
what you want your students to learn. Your aim is to
lay out a complete understanding of this small piece
of knowledge and skills. This will be used to guide
your development of the instruction that will teach
it. In other circumstances it would also be used to
communicate with subject-matter experts or other
members of an instructional development team.
Classifying the Types of Learning in Your Project
Grading
Criteria
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