GAGNE’S NINE STEPS

DANICA REA R. TAROY

 Gagne’s Nine Levels of
Learning provide a step-by-
step approach that can help
managers, trainers, and
facilitators structure their
training so that their students
or teams get the most from
their learning opportunities.
 The first step is gaining
attention. This ensures the
students will give their
Level 1: attention. You can do this by
Gaining increasing the volume of
Attention your voice, giving a lesson
introduction or perhaps by a
short video presentation.
 The second step requires you
to state the objective/s of your
lesson. Part of creating an
environment conducive for learning
Level 2: is explaining to them what they are
Informing the supposed to learn from the course,
Learner of what they are expected to
the Objective
demonstrate as evidence of
learning at the end of instruction.
You may also explain why what they
are about to learn is significant.
 The third step is stimulating
recall of prior learning. In the
earlier Chapters, we said that
students have entry knowledge
Level 3:
Stimulating and skills and that what they are
Recall of Prior about to learn becomes more
Learning interesting and easier to learn if
a connection between what they
already know and what you are
about to teach is established.
 Presenting the material
as the fourth step is actually
the presentation of the day’s
lesson. Present your lesson
Level 4: systematically by the use of
Presenting
appropriate methods and
the Stimulus
techniques considering
multiple intelligences and
learning styles. Avoid
information overload.
 The fifth step is providing
guidance for learning. Coach
your students on how to learn the
Level 5: skill. If you leave them to
Providing discover for themselves how to
Learner
learn what you want them to
Guidance
learn you may lose precious time
or some may end up frustrated
for not learning.
 After having provided them
the guidance they need to learn,
Level 6: elicit performance, sixth step.
Eliciting Make the learners do something
Performance
with the new knowledge or skill
learned.
 Then after having seen your
Level 7: students perform, provide
Giving feedback, seventh step. For your
Feedback feedback to work, it must be
specific.
 The eighth step of instruction is
assessing performance. After having
taught them and after having given
them enough time for practice,
Level 8: assess learning to determine if
Assessing learning target set at the beginning
Performance of the class was realized. Present
assessment findings to your students
and utilize assessment results in
planning next instructional steps.
 This leads to the ninth step of
instruction, enhancing retention and
transfer. This you can do by
Level 9: reviewing the lesson and by
Enhancing providing opportunity to students
Retention for more practice and additional
and Transfer materials and transfer of learning.
What your students learned must be
internalized and so can readily
apply it in new situations.
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