EDF 6215 Learning Principles

Summer 1999

Module 5-- Gagne's Conditions of Learning

Learning Objectives	Links to Resources
Content Overview	Homework
Practice	Communication

Learning Objectives

Students should know Gagne’s definition of learning
Students should know the 5 categories of learning, a definition for each, and be prepared to place examples of activities into each category
Students are encouraged to understand the connection between various verbs and varieties of learning.
Students should know the 9 phases of learning and its function.
Given an instructional event, students should be prepared to connect the event to a particular phase of learning.
Students should be prepared to identify advantages as well as disadvantages to the theory noted in the chapter.

Content Overview

Learning is a sequence of small steps.

Practice

Can you place this learning? Below are a series of learning objectives. After reading each one, determine which domain of learning is being covered. Click on the answer button to check your responses.

1) The student can correctly place his/her hand to begin the process of making cylindrical pottery on a potter’s wheel

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2) The student will change his/her activities in order to minimize pollution.

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3) The student can describe the role of the U.S. in the Cypress Conflict.

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4) The student can identify the color red

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5) The student can systematically test between two competing hypothesis

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6) The student will visit a museum as a recreational activity

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