He claims that these styles converge into four different clusters that, like colors on an artist's palette, make up the characteristic ways professors design instructional settings. A brief description of each cluster is detailed below. You can find specific details by clicking on the links. This approach encourages students to observe processes as well as content. Teachers design activities, social interactions, or problem-solving situations that allow students to practice the processes for applying course content.
Teachers provide complex tasks that require student initiative, and often group work, to complete.