Stimulating recall of prerequisites Pretest for prerequisites Textual review of prerequisites Graphic display of prerequisites Test prerequisite content Review prerequisite content and vocabulary 4. Use other media to present new content 5. Record keeping Give paper and pencil tests Conduct performance tests Use computers for context rich testing 9. This example, set in Australia s Great Barrier Reef, is a worthy successor to the award-winning Odell Lake and uses all the instructional events described by Gagne, Briggs, and Wagner. This table is an example of the high quality graphics used to gain attention.
Animation is also present on the computer screen.
Some software, of course, uses only some of the instructional events. In such cases, the teacher must provide the missing events for the lesson. The student is reminded to use all the information presented in the picture and to make choices. The student can interrupt the program at any time to review information about the various reef dwellers. When the student has chosen a fish and has read the given information, the computer generates a picture of the reef, with the chosen fish shown in some situations.