Building Expertise: Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement, Third Edition
- 5h 35m
- Ruth Colvin Clark
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2008
This third edition of the classic resource, Building Expertise draws on the most recent evidence on how to build innovative forms of expertise and translates that evidence into guidelines for instructional designers, course developers and facilitators, technical communicators, and other human performance professionals. Ruth Colvin Clark summarizes psychological theories concerning ways instructional methods support human learning processes. Filled with updated research and new illustrative examples, this new edition offers trainers evidence-based guidelines to help them accelerate genuine expertise within their organizations.
About the Author
Ruth Colvin Clark, Ed.D., a recognized specialist in instructional design and technical training, is the founder of CLARK Training & Consulting. Dr. Clark is a past president of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), a recipient of the Thomas Gilbert Award for Professional Achievement, and author of six books on instruction and learning including the best-selling e-Learning and The Science of Instruction coauthored with Dr. Richard Mayer.
In this Book
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Introduction to the Third Edition—Getting the Most from This Resource
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Expertise in the Global Economy
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Four Ingredients of Instruction
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No Yellow Brick Road
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The Psychology of Building Expertise
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How Working Memory Works
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Managing Cognitive Load
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Managing Attention
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Leveraging Prior Knowledge
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Helping Learners Build Mental Models—Implicit Methods
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Helping Learners Build Mental Models—Explicit Methods
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Learning vs. Performance—The Psychology of Transfer
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Teaching for Transfer
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Problem-Centered Instruction
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Metacognition, Self-Regulation, and Adaptive Expertise
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Motivation and Expertise
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Motivating Your Learners
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Practical Applications in Building Expertise
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Reference
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Glossary
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About ISPI
