robert frank mager

2/28/2013

Theorist

Presentation

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Robert Frank Robert Frank

MagerMager

The Person

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Mager’s Criterion Referenced Instruction

0 Criterion-Referenced Instruction (CRI)0 Goals/task analysis0 Performance objectives 0 Criterion referenced testing0 Objective-based learning modules

0 Based upon the ideas of mastery learning and performance-oriented instructions.

0 No Change = Not Effective

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Mager’s Learning Objectives

0 Analysis0 Design – Instructional Objectives

0 a collection of words and/or pictures or diagrams0 related to intended outcomes, not the process0 specific and measureable0 focus = student

0 Checklist0 condition(s)0 performance0 criteria

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Influential Theories/Similar or Related Theories

0 R. Gagne0 Learning hierarchies provide a basis for the sequencing of instruction.

0 M. Knowles0 Andragogy – an adult learning theory: more on self-directed process than lesson

content being taught (case studies, simulations are more useful)

0 C. Rodgers0 Experiential learning – applied knowledge that addresses the needs and wants of the adult

learner

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Theory or Research-based?

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Referred to as both:

• CRI is theory that involves a set of methods for designing and delivering training

• CRI is a model/methodology. The ideas, approaches, products, seminars, workshops, and books based on criterion-referenced instruction are based on science, research into the laws of human nature.

The Center for Effective Performance (CEP) and others conduct workshops that use this model.

Contribution to Adult Learning

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1. Widely used in the adult training world

2. Great emphasis is placed on the instructional materials to achieve this result. Poor performance = inadequate instruction

3. Self-paced, repeated practice (if needed) of skills net yet mastered that includes feedback about the quality of their performance

CRI Points

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1. Course description – tells what the course is about

2. Course objectives – describe what students are expected to be able to do.

o Provide sound basis for instructional materials/procedureso Creativity/Tools for guiding student effortso Measurable resultso Help determine instructional efficiency

3. Allow for training to be streamlined to student needs4. Allows for chunking of material/learner convenience

Personal Thoughts

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• He really cares about the learner, and knows what it is to be a learner.

• He is passionate about treating students with dignity and respect.

• He believes that education should be for all learners to acquire the skills that are being taught.

Bottom Line – Mager’s methodology is still relevant today in classroom and also in e-learning even though certain technologies didn’t exist.

Design training first – delivery method second.

• Instruction is the process; student competence is the result.

References

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Mager, Robert. F. (1997). Preparing Instructional Objectives. 3rd Ed. Atlanta, GA. CEP Press

Mager, Robert. F. (2003) . Life in the Pinball Machine: Careening from There to Here. Atlanta, GA. CEP Press

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