Practitioners' Views on Instructional Guides in College Teaching: The Purdue Three-Stage Model

The three-stage model of instruction developed at Purdue University--which has been applied successfully in graduate and undergraduate college courses, workshops, and high school courses--is discussed. The system depends heavily on printed instructional material to guide student efforts. The model p...

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Main Author:	Feldhusen, John F
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	Center for Faculty Evaluation and Develooment in Higher Education, Kansas State University 01-08-1978
Subjects:	Autoinstructional Aids Class Activities College Curriculum College Instruction College Students Course Content Course Organization Curriculum Guides Group Experience Higher Education Independent Study Instructional Materials Purdue University IN Resource Materials Teaching Guides Units of Study
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Summary:	The three-stage model of instruction developed at Purdue University--which has been applied successfully in graduate and undergraduate college courses, workshops, and high school courses--is discussed. The system depends heavily on printed instructional material to guide student efforts. The model provides an approach for teaching basic subject matter, higher level cognitive understanding, and applications. Steps in designing a course are formulation of course goals and organizing the content into units. For each unit, a set of materials and activities is planned. The first activity of each unit is a set of directed learning activities designed to transmit basic information with understanding. For this stage the student receives a self-instructional guide. The next stage of activity involves small group projects designed to help the students learn how to use the basic information. Stage three involves doing an individual project. A model syllabus, which is appended, illustrates a college course designed in the three-stage model. A sample course outline, sample information questionnaire, and instructional objectives for the self-instructional guide, the group instructional guide, and the individual projects are included. (SW)