Evidence Based Training Methods, 2nd Edition

ENGAGEMENT IN LEARNING

When Activity Leads to Less Learning

The Engagement Grid

Instructional Methods and the Engagement Grid

 

CHAPTER 4

Engagement in Learning

Consider two quite different learning environments designed to teach the same content. The instructional goal is learning basic electromechanical principles, such as how a wet cell battery works. One lesson consists of an approximately 20-minute presentation of PowerPoint slides. The alternative lesson is a narrative game shown in Figure 4-1. In the game, you assume the role of an explorer searching a World War II bunker for valuable lost art. To navigate through the bunker you will ...