Instructional design in technical areas

Advances in the field of cognitive science have yielded a large amount of information about how we learn, think and solve problems which can now be used to develop much more effective instructional processes. In this book, cognitive principles and a large range of experiments have been used to devise a variety of instructional designs. Topics covered include: aspects of cognitive architecture relevant to instructional design; cognitive load theory; instructional designs associated with learning to solve problems; and mixing audio and visual materials. Instructional designers, teachers,...  [+] Show more

Advances in the field of cognitive science have yielded a large amount of information about how we learn, think and solve problems which can now be used to develop much more effective instructional processes. In this book, cognitive principles and a large range of experiments have been used to devise a variety of instructional designs. Topics covered include: aspects of cognitive architecture relevant to instructional design; cognitive load theory; instructional designs associated with learning to solve problems; and mixing audio and visual materials. Instructional designers, teachers, trainers and education students are provided with techniques to develop students' understanding, learning and problem solving, with the rationale behind these techniques clearly explained.