Learner Analysis

Student engagement or motivation is key to learning. No matter how much work the teacher does, if the student doesn’t work, the student doesn’t learn. The quality and quantity of learning are directly proportional to the amount of effort the student devotes to learning (Reigeluth, 2012).

1. Learner Characteristics
   1. Similarities
      1. Stable
      2. Changing
   2. Differences
      1. Stable
      2. Changing
   3. Prior Learning
      1. Cognitive (knowledge)
      2. Physiological (motor skills)
      3. Affective (attitude)
      4. Social (environment)
   4. Implications for Instructional Design
      1. Pace
      2. Practice
      3. Reference statements
      4. Attention
      5. Contact of examples
      6. Context of practice items
      7. Structure
      8. Medium
      9. Concreteness/Abstraction
      10. Grouping
      11. Chunking
      12. Response mode
      13. Number of examples
      14. Amount of practice
      15. Feedback
      16. Learner control (locus of control)
      17. Reading level
      18. Vocabulary
      19. Reinforcement
      20. Time
      21. Learning guidance

References:

Reigeluth, C. M. (2012). Instructional theory and technology for the new paradigm of education. Revista de Educación a Distancia(32). Retrieved November 23, 2012, from http://www.um.es/ead/red/32/reigeluth.pdf