7 Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction
The Nine Events of Instruction Framework by Robert Gagne is based on the behaviorist approach to learning and follows a systematic approach to address learning conditions.
The nine steps are:
- Gain the attention of the students. Tell a story or ask a thought-provoking question and “hook” the students with stimuli that catch and engage the brain to gain the students’ attention.
- Inform the students of the objectives. Establish the learning expectations for the course and how you will measure success or failure.
- Stimulate recall of prior learning. Leverage students’ existing knowledge before introducing new knowledge to scaffold learning.
- Present the content. Deliver the content in smaller consumable chunks for easier information processing.
- Provide learner guidance. Use examples, case studies, stories, discussions, and other instructional support materials to guide students learning.
- Elicit performance. Engage students with activities that help them recall, utilize, and evaluate knowledge.
- Provide feedback. Reinforce knowledge with immediate feedback.
- Assess performance. Test learner’s knowledge and skills.
- Enhance retention and transfer to the job. Use content retention strategies to retain knowledge to include but not limited to concept mapping, rephrasing, summarizing, job aids
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