Instructional design/Component Display Theory/CDT Matrix

Component Display Theory

Introduction Lesson Introduction CDT Matrix Performance Matrix Classification of content Learning Scenarios Scenario One Scenario Two Scenario Three Assess Your Skills Self Assessment Grading Rubric

Component Display Theory (CDT) Matrix Objective: You will be able to identify content classifications/categories Instructional Strategy: In following Reigeluth’s simplifying conditions: go from simple to complex, we introduce the content classifications, while breaking system to component parts/segmenting. Lesson Content : Created by M. David Merrill, Component Display Theory (CDT) breaks out learning content into five component parts called classifications : . Fact: something that truly exists or happens; something that has actual existence; a true piece of information; undeniable . Concept: an idea of what something is or how it works; an abstract idea; a general notion . Principle: a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning . Procedure: an established or official way of doing something; an act or a manner of proceeding in any action or process; conduct . Process: a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end; a systematic series of actions directed to some end Next >>