The Theories of Robert Gagne

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The Theories of Robert Gagne

• Megan Kane
• Amanda Martini
• Rose Morrissey
• Nikki Oboikovitz

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Robert Gagne(1916-2002)

• Education
• Yale, A.B. 1937
• Brown, Ph.D. 1940

• Career Highlights
• Professor, Connecticut College (1940-49)
• Professor, Penn State University (1945-46)
• Director of Perceptual and Motor Skills
  Laboratory, U.S. Air Force (1949-58)
• Professor, Florida State University (1969-1985)

• Major Contributions to Instructional Development
• Co-developer of Instructional Systems Design
• Wrote The Conditions of Learning, 1965
• Co-wrote Principles of Design

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Five Categories of Learning
Verbal Information- Stating previously learned
concepts, principles, and procedures Intellectual
Skills- Discriminations, Concrete Concepts,
Defined Concepts, Rules, Higher Order
Rules Cognitive Strategies- Employing personal
ways to guide learning, thinking, acting, and
feeling Motor Skills- Executing performances
involving the use of muscles Attitudes- Choosing
personal actions based on internal states of
understanding and feeling
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Nine Events of Instruction and Corresponding
Cognitive Processes

• Gaining Attention (reception)
• Informing the Learner of the Objective
  (expectancy)
• Stimulating Recall of Prior Learning (retrieval)
• Presenting the Stimulus (selective perception)
• Providing Learner Guidance (semantic encoding)

• Eliciting Performance (responding)
• Giving Feedback (reinforcement)
• Assessing Performance (retrieval)
• Enhancing Retention and Transfer (generalization)

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• "Learning is something that takes place insidea
  person's head- in the brain"

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