COMPARISON BETWEEN

EWELLS AND GAGNES

PRINCIPALS OF LEARNING

FEATURES

P.T EWELL

TYPES OF
LEARNING

PRINCIPLE

R. GAGNE
Identifies five major
categories of learning: verbal
information, intellectual skills,
cognitive strategies, motor
skills and attitudes.

1. It brings insights into

what is known about
how learning occurs
and lasts
2. It shares our belief in
the impact of the use
of instructional
technology
3. It suggest ways to
change the
instructional process
with consideration
given to the cognitive
science and human
learning research
tradition

1. Different instruction is
required for different learning
outcomes.
2. Events of learning operate
on the learner in ways that
constitute the conditions of
learning.
3. The specific operations
that constitute instructional
events are different for each
different type of learning
outcome.
4. Learning hierarchies define
what intellectual skills are to
be learned and a sequence of
instruction.

FEATURES
LEARNING
COMPONENT

P.T EWELL

R. GAGNE

1. Actively involved
2. Patterns and
connections
3. Learning is
informal
4. Direct experience
5. Challenging
situation
6. Frequent feedback
7. Enjoyable setting
8. Reflection

1. Gaining attention
2. Informing the
learner of the
objective
3. Stimulating recall
of prerequisite
learning
4. Presenting new
material
5. Providing learning
guidance
6. Eliciting
performance
7. Providing feedback
about correctness
8. Assessing
performance
9. Enhancing
retention and
recall

EWELLS UNDERSTANDING OF
COMPLEXITY OF LEARNING

GAGNE LEARNING HIERACHIES

Actively Involved
Gaining Attention
Student
need
to
involve Teacher him/herself need to
actively in learning session.
grab the attention from student
if not student get nothing
Patterns and Connection
Informing the Learner of the
The student is the one who will Objective.
set the objective of learning Leaner will aware to receive
session.
information and knowledge.
Compelling Situation
Presenting the Stimulus
Learning situation will be Teacher shows the step to
beyond the direct experience
student and the student no
of the student and student
need to think about the
need to think out of the box.
method to do particular thing.