Module 5
Learning is a sequence of small steps.
Gagne approached the process of developing a theory differently than those before him. Gagne attempted to start with an identification of factors that account for learning, rather than an explanation of the learning process.
The behaviorists who came before Gagne saw knowledge as "...an increase in the probability that an individual would enact a particular behavior."
Gagne believed that learning accounted for all of the skills, knowledge, attitudes and values acquired by the individual. While a change in behavior might represent one type of learning, it did not represent all of the possibilities.
As we can see, Gagne had a much broader view of learning than the behaviorists that came before him. His theory then needed to be equally broad in order to account for this variety of learning.
