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ERIC Number: EJ420373
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1962
Robert M. Gagne and M. David Merrill: In Conversation. No.6: The Cognitive Psychological Basis for Instructional Design.
Twitchell, David, Ed.
Educational Technology, v30 n12 p35-46 Dec 1990
This sixth in a series of edited transcripts based on a conference at Utah State University discusses ideas from cognitive psychology that have implications for instructional design. Highlights include information processing phases; pattern recognition; short-term and long-term memory; purposes of instruction; cognitive structures; and cognitive processes. (eight references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Instructional Design, Long Term Memory, Pattern Recognition, Short Term Memory
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Component Theory; Gagne (Robert M); Merrill (M D)