Task Analysis Methods for Instructional Design

by Jonassen, David H.; Tessmer, Martin; Hannum, Wallace H.

• ISBN13: 9780805830866
• ISBN10: 0805830863
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

A handbook that will demonstrate and teach how and when to perform selected methods of task analysis for instructional design. This volume will be used as a text for the instructional design curriculum and appeal to professionals in this area.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Task Analysis Processes	p. 1
What is Task Analysis?	p. 3
Selecting Tasks for Analysis	p. 17
Classifying Knowledge and Skills from Task Analysis	p. 25
Job, Procedural, and Skill Analysis Methods	p. 33
Task Description	p. 35
Procedural Analysis	p. 45
Job Task Analysis	p. 55
Functional Job Analysis	p. 63
Instructional and Guided Learning Analysis Methods	p. 75
Learning Hierarchy (Prerequisites) Analysis	p. 77
Information Processing Analysis	p. 87
Learning Contingency Analysis	p. 99
Cognitive Task Analysis Methods	p. 107
Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection (GOMS)	p. 111
Prediction, Actions, Results, Interpretation (PARI)	p. 121
Decompose, Network, and Assess (DNA)	p. 131
Cognitive Simulations	p. 139
Case-Based Reasoning	p. 147
Activity-Based Methods	p. 157
Activity Theory	p. 159
Syntactic Analysis	p. 173
Critical Incident/Critical Decision Methods	p. 181
Task Knowledge Structures	p. 193
Subject Matter/Content Analysis Methods	p. 199
Conceptual Graph Analysis	p. 201
Master Design Chart	p. 207
Matrix Analysis	p. 215
Repertory Grid Technique	p. 221
Fault Tree Analysis	p. 227
Knowledge Elicitation Techniques	p. 235
Documentation Analysis	p. 237
Observation	p. 241
Survey Questionnaires	p. 247
Interviews	p. 253
Think-Aloud Protocols	p. 259
Unstructured Group Interviews: Focus Groups and Brainstorming	p. 263
Structured Group Interviews: Delphi Technique	p. 267
Index	p. 271
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