Schools can promote creative thinking by focusing on aesthetics, purpose, mobility, objectivity, and intrinsic motivation and by encouraging students to work at the edge of their competence. All elements of knowledge can be presented as the products of design, involving purpose, structure, model cases, and arguments. (TE)

Presents a model of instructional design which links cognitive learning theory and instructional prescriptions. Topics discussed include knowledge types and knowledge acquisition; memory system components; learning time; learning objectives, including skills, cognitive strategies, and creative processes; instructional methods that relate to…