by Reni Gorman I have been doing training for 20+ years now and the audience that gives me the most pain in terms of designing instruction is an audience of experts. Why? Well because experts “know everything”–even if they don’t. That means they are often trying to align new knowledge into categories they already understand. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cognition’
Challenges and Ideas for Teaching Experts: Dual Process Reasoning Theory
Posted in Performance Improvement, tagged Cognition, Learning Theory on February 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Science of Simulation: Mirror Neurons
Posted in Performance Improvement, Simulation, tagged Cognition, Performance Improvement, Simulation on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
by Rich Mesch I was first exposed to the concept of mirror neurons when I attended the NASAGA (North American Simulation and Gaming Association) Conference in Vancouver in 2007. I was privileged to hear a talk by Dave Chalk. Chalk is an interesting guy on a number of levels, but most notably because he has [...]
The Science Behind Learning: Cognitive Tips and How Tos for Corporate Training (Part 3)
Posted in Performance Improvement, Series, tagged Cognition, Learning Theory, Performance Improvement on April 11, 2010 | 7 Comments »
by Reni Gorman (Links to other articles in this series: 1 2 3 4 5 6) Tip #3: Present main points first (the ones you wrote in Tip #2), followed by details, wrapped up by summaries of main points. Cognitive Psychology: Presenting main points first primes learners and activates associated knowledge pathways. Take the Serial Position Curve into consideration [...]
