How do we do a good instructional analysis? Frequently, it
seems to be more an art than a precise set of techniques. There
are many things that we might want to teach and many ways of
looking at them. Frequently the simplest introduction to the
problem of instructional analysis is to look at psychomotor and
cognitive skills. Often these are most easily represented in some
sort of diagram showing the steps in a process. An example of a
psychomotor skill that is often used is changing the tire on your
car. Straightforward cognitive skills might include basic addition
and subtraction.