Building Expertise - Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement

Informationen zum Autor The Author | Ruth Colvin Clark, Ed.D., a recognized specialist in instructional design and technical training, is the founder of CLARK Training & Consulting. Dr. Clark is a past president of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), a recipient of the Thomas Gilbert Award for Professional Achievement, and author of six books on instruction and learning including the best-selling e-Learning and the Science of Instruction coauthored with Dr. Richard Mayer. Klappentext This third edition of the classic resource, Building Expertise draws on the most recent evidence on how to build innovative forms of expertise and translates that evidence into guidelines for instructional designers, course developers and facilitators, technical communicators, and other human performance professionals. Ruth Colvin Clark summarizes psychological theories concerning ways instructional methods support human learning processes. Filled with updated research and new illustrative examples, this new edition offers trainers evidence-based guidelines to help them accelerate genuine expertise within their organizations. Zusammenfassung This third edition of the classic resource, Building Expertise draws on the most recent evidence on how to build innovative forms of expertise and translates that evidence into guidelines for instructional designers, course developers and facilitators, technical communicators, and other human performance professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Getting the Most from This Resource. PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF BUILDING EXPERTISE. Chapter 1: Expertise in the Global Economy. The Value of Expertise. What Is an Expert? Seven Lessons Learned About Experts. Chapter 2: Four Ingredients of Instruction. Which Media Are Best for Learning? Four Components of Learning. Three Views of Learning. Four Instructional Architectures. Chapter 3: No Yellow Brick Road. Instructional Components and Learning: No Yellow Brick Road. Graphics and Learning: A Journey Down the Yellow Brick Road. Factors That Influence Learning. Toward an Evidence-Based Profession. About the Numbers. Chapter 4: The Psychology of Building Expertise. Two Memories for Learning. The Transformation of Content into Knowledge and Skills. Eight Principles for Instruction. PART II: BASIC LEARNING EVENTS PROVEN TO BUILD EXPERTISE. Optimizing Working Memory Resources. Chapter 5: How Working Memory Works. Working Memory: The Center of Learning. New Content Has a Short Self Life in Working Memory. Chess, Chunking, and Capacity Limits of Working Memory. What Happens When Working Memory Is Overloaded? Automaticity: A Working Memory Bypass. Visual and Auditory Components in Working Memory. Why Is Working Memory So Limited? Working Memory and Performance. Chapter 6: Managing Cognitive Load. Cognitive Load Management Principle. Methods That Bypass Working Memory. Methods That Minimize Content. Methods to Impose Content Gradually. Methods to Minimize Unproductive Mental Work. Methods to Maximize Working Memory Capacity. Chapter 7: Managing Attention. The High Price of Attention Failure. The Attention Principle. Instructional Methods to Support Attention. Optimizing Attentional Capacity in the Classroom. Methods to Focus Attention. Methods to Support Selective Attention. What Is Divided Attention? Methods to Minimize Divided Attention. Chapter 8: Leveraging Prior Knowledge. The Prior Knowledge Principle. Methods to Activate Prior Knowledge. Methods to Compen...

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Introduction: Getting the Most from This Resource.
 
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF BUILDING EXPERTISE.
 
Chapter 1: Expertise in the Global Economy.
 
Chapter 2: Four Ingredients of Instruction.
 
Chapter 3: No Yellow Brick Road.
 
Chapter 4: The Psychology of Building Expertise.
 
PART II: BASIC LEARNING EVENTS PROVEN TO BUILD EXPERTISE.
 
Chapter 5: How Working Memory Works.
 
Chapter 6: Managing Cognitive Load.
 
Chapter 7: Managing Attention.
 
Chapter 8: Leveraging Prior Knowledge.
 
Chapter 9: Helping Learners Build Mental Models: Implicit Methods.
 
Chapter 10: Explicit Methods for Helping Learners Build Mental Models.
 
Chapter 11: Learning Versus Performance: The Psychology of Transfer.
 
Chapter 12: Teaching for Transfer.
 
PART III: PROMOTING ADAPTIVE EXPERTISE AND MOTIVATION.
 
Chapter 13: Problem-Centered Instruction.
 
Chapter 14: Metacognitive, Self-Regulation and Adaptive Expertise.
 
Chapter 15: Motivation and Expertise.
 
Chapter 16: Motivating Your Learners.
 
PART IV: BUILDING EXPERTISE IN ACTION.
 
Chapter 17: Practical Applications in Building Expertise.
 
A Final Word.
 
Glossary.
 
References.
 
Index.
 
About the Author.

Info autore

The Author | Ruth Colvin Clark, Ed.D., a recognized specialist in instructional design and technical training, is the founder of CLARK Training & Consulting. Dr. Clark is a past president of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), a recipient of the Thomas Gilbert Award for Professional Achievement, and author of six books on instruction and learning including the best-selling e-Learning and the Science of Instruction coauthored with Dr. Richard Mayer.

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• Autori: Rc Clark, Ruth C Clark, Ruth C. Clark, Ruth C. (Clark Training and Consulting) Clark, Ruth Colvin Clark, Clark Ruth C.
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.10.2008
• EAN: 9780787988449
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-8844-9
• Pagine: 512
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; Personalentwicklung, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Training u. Personalentwicklung, Training & Development