Instructional Design, 2nd Edition [Paperback]

Patricia Smith (Author), Tillman J. Ragan (Author), Tillman Ragan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 047136570X | ISBN-13: 978-0471365709 | Publication Date: January 1, 1999 | Edition: 2

This book is notable for its theory-based treatment of the instructional design process, including unusual depth in the design of instructional strategies. Its scope applies to both K-12 and corporate settings, and it is particularly rich with examples and practice. A helpful Learning Resources Web site accompanies the book providing feedback for chapter exercises, job aids, presentations, and other helpful materials. The book won the "Best Book" award from AECT's Division of Instructional Development in 2000.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A book that combines a complete treatment of instructional design fundamentals with a wealth of examples and exercises. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

Basic principles and practical strategies to promote learning in any setting!

From K-12 to corporate training settings––the Third Edition of Patricia Smith and Tillman Ragan’s thorough, research-based text equips you with the solid foundation you need to design instruction and environments that really facilitate learning.

Now updated to reflect the latest thinking in the field, this new edition offers not only extensive procedural assistance but also emphasizes the basic principles upon which most of the models and procedures in the instructional design field are built. The text presents a comprehensive treatment of the instructional design process, including analysis, strategy design, assessment, and evaluation.

Highlights

• A new chapter on implementation contains practical suggestions and recommendations for putting designs to work.
• A new chapter on the management of instruction emphasizes project management concepts and tools relevant to instructional designers.
• Emphasizes theory, research, and the use of cognitive psychology in designing instructional strategies.
• Features examples of applications from a variety of contexts, including industry, K-12, higher education, and others.
• The accompanying Learning Resources website features exercises feedback, presentations, activities, job aids, chapters on production and delivery, and an updated and revised extended example.
• Exercises within the chapters provide opportunities for practice leading to learning real design skills.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047136570X
• ISBN-13: 978-0471365709
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #882,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars BORING but useful, December 10, 2004

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Suzanne K. Chandler (Cascadia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instructional Design, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

Why oh why haven't Smith and Ragan, experts in instruction, noticed that dry writing is not effective? Apparently they believe that dry impersonal writing is a model of proper academic voice. Sure, if the purpose of writing is to ensure that readers disengage as quickly as possible, then the style chosen does a wonderful job.

In addition, the text presumes that its audience are bottom-up learners and short-changes those of us that need a good hard look at the big picture before we can absorb the components thereof.

I can say one good thing about this text; it holds its resale value.

27 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Prose to Sleep By, February 16, 2002

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Julie Greenlee (Mackinac Island, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instructional Design, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

This book did have good points, but they drown in a stagnant, dreary pool of monotonous prose that could put the heartiest of readers to sleep. Just imagine wading through page after page of sentences like this: "Closer attention to learners' cognitive processes during declarative knowledge learning has led us to realize that elaboration is a basic process by which links are made with information being received as well as for connecting new information to existing knowledge and structures" (161). Someone please rush the authors a copy of Richard Lanham's "Revising Prose".

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Instructional Design, August 5, 2006

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S. Hood - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instructional Design (Wiley/Jossey-Bass Education) (Paperback)

This text was quite informative and covered everything. However, the layout of the text was boring. The font was small and each page had double columns which just made reading the material very arduous.