Writing Training Materials That Work: How to Train Anyone to Do Anything

Preface

We decided to write this book to provide the field of instructional design with a practical, yet theoretically based, handbook on the development of instructional materials based on cognitive psychology. We felt such a book was needed for the experienced practitioner and graduate student to provide:

• A current synthesis and summary of "best practice" ID as compared with (a) the "fad instructional techniques of the year" or (b) emerging ideas and theories that form the intellectual debates of university professors. We define this "best practice" as "specific how-to practice guidelines that (a) are research-based, (b) have been used by practitioners long enough to show they are acceptable and can be implemented in business/industry settings, ...