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Gropper, George L. – Educational Technology, 2015
Instructional design can be more effective if it is as fixedly dedicated to the accommodation of individual differences as it currently is to the accommodation of subject matters. That is the hypothesis. A menu of accommodation options is provided that is applicable at each of three stages of instructional development or administration: before,…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Individual Differences, Student Needs, Remedial Instruction
Hammer, Jessica; Black, John – Educational Technology, 2009
What makes games effective for learning? The authors argue that games provide vicarious experiences for players, which then amplify the effects of future, formal learning. However, not every game succeeds in doing so! Understanding why some games succeed and others fail at this task means investigating both a given game's design and the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Experiential Learning, Play
Merrill, M. David – Educational Technology, 2009
From a review of instructional design theories, research, and practice, the author has derived his "First Principles of Instruction". In this article, he suggests a rubric for using these principles to evaluate existing instruction. The article presents a Course Evaluation form and accompanying demonstration and application rubrics that enable the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Course Evaluation, Scoring Rubrics, Statistical Analysis