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Instructional Design Theories and Models
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Instructional Design Theories and Models is a thorough yet concise overview of eight of the most comprehensive and best-known attempts to integrate knowledge about effective and appealing instruction. Chapters were written by the original theorists to provide a more accurate and behind-the-scenes look at the theories' development. Instructional Des
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“Our study was guided by the elaboration theory, developed by Reigeluth and colleagues in 1983, which proposes that the design of educational content must follow a sequence from simple to complex.21”
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“The instructor organises and delivers the educational material to suit the learners’ needs and help achieve the desired learning outcomes.21”
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- Authors
- Reigeluth, C. M.
- Corresponding author
- Charles M. Reigeluth
- ORCID
- Charles M. Reigeluth
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- Routledge eBooks
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- 1983-11-01
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- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
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- Keywords
- instructional design theory, instructional design model, teaching effectiveness, history of instructional design
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