Robert M Gagne

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Robert M Gagne

• Matt, Valerie, Caroline

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Objective

• Upon completion of this activity you should be
  able to identify Gagne, know his nine events of
  instruction and be able to apply them in the
  classroom.

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Educational History

• Obtained his bachelors from Yale in 1937
• PhD from Brown University in 1940
• Taught at Connecticut College for Women
• Taught at Penn State
• Director of Perceptual Motor Skills in the Air
  Force
• Developed Conditions of Learning while working
  for Air Force

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Theory

• Cognitive Behavioral Theory
• Providing Conditions for Learning
• Learning is shaped by providing optimal
  instructional conditions
• Events of Instruction
• Skills Hierarchy

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Nine Events of Instruction
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Gain Attention

• Stimuli Activates Receptors
• Sounds
• Animations
• Questions
• Curiosity makes students want to learn

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Inform Students of Objectives

• Creates level of expectancy for learning
• List of learning objectives
• A statement such as Upon completion of this
  assignment you should be able to
• Tests come from predetermined objectives
• No surprise questions on tests

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Stimulate recall of prior learning

• Uses short term memory
• Ask questions about
• Previous experiences
• Prior knowledge
• Connection of prior knowledge to new information

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Present the Content

• Present new information to the students
• Should be organized in a sequential and
  meaningful way
• Appeal to different learning types
• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic

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Provide learning guidance

• Putting new knowledge into long term memory
• Provided with presentation
• Strategies for guidance
• Give examples
• Non-examples
• Analogies
• Case-studies

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Elicit Performance

• Can answer questions and/or perform new material
• Practice and repetition increases chances of
  remembering the material
• Quiz
• Presentation
• Role play

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Provide Feedback

• Immediate Reinforcement
• Provide additional guidance
• Use tutorials
• Formative feedback

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Assess Performance

• Students should be tested on material
• Mastery of subject is desired
• Complete assessment without any help or hints
• Mastery 80-90 correct

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Application

• Apply what you have learned to future activities
• School
• Job
• Home

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Gagnes effect on technology

• Tutorial programs are options for teachers
• Click here for a short quiz

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Works Cited

• "Robert Gagne." The Psi Cafe the Psychology
  Resource Site. 2001. The Psi Cafe . 14 Sep 2006
  lthttp//www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Gagne
  .htmgt.
• Kruse, Kevin. "Gagne's Nine Events of
  Instruction An Introduction." e-learningguru.com.
  14 Sept. 2006. 14 Sep 2006 lthttp//www.e-learning
  guru.com/articles/art3_3.htmgt.
• Roblyer, M.D.. Integrating Educational Technology
  into Teaching. 4. Columbus, Ohio Pearson, 2006.

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Question 1

• Where was Gagne working when he developed his
  conditions for learning?
• Penn State
• Connecticut College for Women
• United States Air Force
• Brown University

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Question 2

• Gain attention, presenting the stimuli, and
  assessing performance are examples of
  ___________.
• Conditions of Learning
• Discovery Learning
• Stages of Development
• Scaffolding

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Correct

• You are correct. Please continue to the last
  question.

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Question 3

• Why should you use objectives?
• So you dont get off topic
• So the students look like they are learning
  something
• So you dont get in trouble for not having a
  lesson plan
• Creates level of expectancy for learning

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