Cognitive behaviors

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[edit] Module Goal

People who are designing a training program will be able to design a micro-level instructional method for a cognitive objective. The result shall be a method that is effective, efficient, and appealing.

[edit] The Cognitive Domain

The Cognitive Domain is a category of learning that includes "...knowledge, naming, solving, predicting, and other intellectual aspects of learning."[1]

The Wikiversity lessons listed in the next section provide strategies for some of the types of instruction that you may encounter in the cognitive domain.

[edit] Cognitive Instructional Strategies Lessons

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  1. Concepts and the Nature of Knowledge
  2. Invariant Tasks: Memorizing Factual Information
  3. Understanding Concepts
  4. Concept Classification
  5. Teaching Procedures


[edit] References

  1. Morrison, G., Ross, S.E., and Kemp, J.E. 2004. Designing Effective Instruction. 4th ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.