Making instruction work, or, Skillbloomers

By Robert F. Mager

Book Overview

Making Instruction Work simplifies the complicated task of developing instruction and gives you practical procedures for increasing its effectiveness and efficiency. It takes you step-by-step through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822444674
• ISBN13: 9780822444671
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Lake Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Making Instruction Work

For anything related to training, I find Mager to be the best source. He speaks plainly and his books are easy to read.

Excellent Instructional Development Book

Mager has written an outstanding book for the beginner to intermediate trainer/curriculum developer. He addresses the skills and procedures necessary for designing instruction. The book is an enjoyable read, which guides you through each step of design, development, implementation and evaluation!

Mager - The Master of Simplicity and Common Sense

Dr. Robert F. Mager may be the master of understatement. When you read his precise recipe for creating successful instruction, you are left with the realization that your life could have been much simpler had you encountered this wisdom earlier in your existence. Dr. Mager is not recounting some brand new theory or blinding discovery. He is communicating a logical and systematic process for defining what instruction can do. In the process, he helps you determine if instruction is the solution for your performance problem. He shows you how to set goals, identify task objectives and task sequences, identify the skills and characteristics of the persons you are teaching, and develop and refine your instruction into an effective change agent.

A no-nonsense guide for training program development

An easy reading reference for training professionals. It breaks down into simple terms, the complex process of developing training. The 1988 edition of this book was the course reference text in my college classes on "training development, implementation, and evaluation ". I am still working in the training industry, and refer the the book frequently.