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Gagne
Gagne (1985) classified the learning outcomes into five categories, all of which fall
under the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains as discussed previously.
The five learning outcomes include: intellectual skills, cognitive strategy, verbal
information, motor skills, and attitude. The intellectual skills, cognitive strategy, and
verbal information are in the cognitive domain. The motor skills are in the
psychomotor domain. The attitude is the affective domain. Let's discuss each
learning outcome.
Intellectual skills
Intellectual skills involve the procedural knowledge (how to do things). The
intellectual skills are subdivided into different levels of learning: discrimination,
concrete concept, defined concept, rule, and problem-solving (Gagne et al., 1992).
Cognitive strategy
Cognitive strategy is another type of intellectual skills for learning and thinking.
Learning strategies include rehearsal (verbally repeat, underline, or copy materials),
elaboration (associate new information with the existing one through paraphrasing,
summarizing, note-taking, and questions and answers), and organizing (arrange
material in an organized and meaningful order through outlining, concept mapping,
advance organizer, etc.). The metacognitive strategies (thinking) involve students
setting learning goals, tracking learning progress, and modifying strategies to
achieve the goals. The affective strategies are used to focus and maintain attention,
to control stress and anxiety, to manage time effectively, and so on.
Verbal information
Verbal information is concerned with the declarative knowledge (e.g., facts,
information, names, places, etc.). To assist learning of verbal information, the
instructor may teach students different mnemonic techniques (e.g., keyword, loci,
imagery, etc.) and help students relate new information to what already exists in
memory to make learning meaningful and memorable. Use one of the learning
strategies (rehearsal, elaboration, and organize) and provide distinct cues to assist
memory.
Motor skills
Motor skills (also called psychomotor skills) are sequences of motor responses or
movements, which are combined into complex performances. These physical
performances are assessed by rapidity, accuracy, force, or smoothness. For
example: dancing, skateboarding, fly-fishing, skiing, writing with a pencil, etc. The
motor skills can be further divided into sub skills (part skills), which are performed
simultaneously or in sequential order to produce performances. These skills are best
learned by repeated practice. To teach the part skills, provide clear instruction to
learn the skills. Provide a checklist, picture, or diagram to guide learning. Encourage
students to practice the skills repeatedly, accompanying by timely and appropriate
feedback from the instructor.
Attitude
Attitude is an internal state that affects personal choices and actions over an object,
person, event, and so on. Although it is a complex human state, it can be measured
by observing the person's choice or action. The measurement of attitude is often
seen in a form of a self-reported questionnaire, which may use Likert-scale and/or
open-ended questions. Using a role model has been known to teach attitude
effectively. Other methods involve using reinforcement to encourage a desired
behavior and using a conditioned response method to promote certain attitudes. To
change attitude, help students recall a situation to which the attitude applies, present
an appealing and credible role model, use the model to communicate or
demonstrate the desired choices or actions for the given situation, and communicate
or demonstrate satisfaction the model obtains as a result of the selected choices or
actions.