1. BEFORE & AFTER
PROJECT
Lynne Luna
ED 546 & ED 548
Drs. Joyce & Wenzel
Adams State College
July 17, 2009

2. CONTIGUITY
TEXT: Graphics for Learning Course Objectives:#2 & #3
Text and graphic placed
One slide with text
close to one another
Mountain pine beetle,
Dendroctonus ponderosae, is
native to the forest of western Mountain pine beetle,
North America. Periodic Dendroctonus ponderosae, is
outbreaks of the insect can native to the forests of western
result in losses of millions of North America. Periodic outbreaks
trees. of the insect can result in losses of
millions of trees.
Graphic on separate slide

3. CONTIGUITY PEER COACHING
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Humans are sense-makers; try to see the
meaningful relationships between words and
pictures
When together, can hold in working memory and
make connections
When apart, working memory is taxed—
extraneous processing
Keep proximity in mind when creating lessons

4. BACKLOADING
TEXT: Deciding What to Teach and Test Course Objectives: #1 & #4
Establish alignment by
Teach the curriculum
working from the test
first, then search for
back to the curriculum
a test to assess

5. BACKLOADING PEER COACHING
Work from the test back to the curriculum
100% alignment because curriculum
derived from test
SES does predict standardized test scores
Our curricula can’t overcome home life, so
we might as well “teach to the test”
If not teaching what is tested, how can
judgments be made about the quality of
teaching based on test score?

6. COHERENCE
Text: E-learning by Design Course Objectives: # 2 & #3
Lots of seductive details People learn more
added to increase deeply when
interest distractions are
eliminated

7. COHERENCE PEER COACHING
Keep lessons uncluttered
Avoid any material that doesn’t support
instructional goal
Adding interesting but unnecessary
material can actually DEPRESS learning
Seductive details can create cognitive
overload
Weed out what you don’t need

8. WORKED EXAMPLES
Text: E-learning & the Science of Instruction Course Objectives: #2 & #3
Step-by-step
Example and demonstration of how
practice pairs to solve a problem

9. WORKED EXAMPLES PEER COACHING
It’s a step-by-step demonstration used
during early stages of learning
Accompany with explanation to provide
rationale for steps
Apply contiguity principle to steps and
explanation
Transition learner to practice