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

Introduction

This book takes cognitive psychology research on learning and memory and, in a non-doctrinaire manner, converts it into useful "best practice" techniques, while at the same time retaining the tried-and-true behaviorist ID principles that still work well. This book is written to provide you with an approach to developing instructional materials that is:

• Effective

• "Best practice"

• Implementable

• Non-doctrinaire

• Fad-free

• Efficient

• Results-oriented

The approach offered in this book produces effective materials because it is based on the latest research, which measures learning outcomes in cognitive psychology. While keeping what still works from the behavioral approach to instructional design with which you are familiar, this approach will expand ...