1. Conditions for Learning
Gagne Chapter 5

2. Learning Outcomes
Some types of learning support are the same across all learning outcomes
Examples: Motivation, relevance, satisfaction, etc.
Others are specific to each type of learning outcome
This chapter deals with specialized learning support for specific outcomes

3. Recall: Five Major Categories of Learning Outcomes
1. Verbal Information
2. Intellectual Skills
3. Cognitive Strategy
4. Attitude
5. Motor Skills

4. 1. Verbal Information Provide these types of learner support:
A. Draw attention to distinctive features
Type, color, indentations, underline, etc.
B. Present information in chunks
7 plus or minus 2
C. Provide a meaningful context
1. Meaningful encoding of names and labels
“The LION scares the HORSE

5. 1. Verbal Information continued
Provide these types of learner support:
C. Provide a meaningful context continued
2. Mnemonics
3. Advanced organizers
4. Imagery
5. Keyword method
6. Elaborations
D. Provide cues for recall

6. 2. Intellectual Skills Provide these types of learner support:
A. Call attention to distinctive features
B. Stay within the capacity of “STM”
C. Stimulate recall of previously learned component skills
D. Present verbal cures
E. Practice and feedback
F. Use a variety of contexts for transfer

7. 3. Cognitive Strategies Provide these types of learner support:
A. Describe / demonstrate the strategy
B. Provide opportunities for strategy practice
C. Provide feedback on the strategy use

8. 4. Attitudes Provide these types of learner support:
A. Establish an expectancy of success
B. Provide for the choice associated with the attitude to be performed
C. Give feedback

9. 5. Motor Skills Provide these types of learner support:
A. Provide verbal or other guidelines to cue the executive subroutine
B. Arrange repeated practice
C. Furnish immediate feedback
D. Encourage mental practice

10. Summary Some types of learner support apply across all learning
Some types are specific to to certain types of learning
Use the suggested strategies in both chp. 4 (general strategies) and in this chapter (specific strategies) to create effective training