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An adaption of Gagné’s instructional model to increase the teaching effectiveness in the classroom: the impact in Romanian Universities

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Gagné’s instructional events are more focused on the human internal learning process than on the learning context. This study fills this gap because it presents certain instructional events that are focused on the construction of a positive learning context through the teacher–student relationship. Therefore, it’s proposing an adaption of Gagné’s instructional model to the learning context derived from observation of the instructional activities performed in the Romanian educational system. This paper added two new events (Learning organization and Final appreciation) to Gagné’s original nine instructional events. Out of these eleven, it’s considered that three in particular should be regarded as essential events in every teaching activity. These three particular events are categorised and defined in the first part of this study. The effectiveness of this newly proposed theoretical model was tested on a sample of 894 university teaching activities, using a systematic observational grid. The results indicated a significant correlation between the adapted model and students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the teaching activity. It is therefore suggested that this proposed model provides operational guidance for the development of instructional approach. The implications and the limitations of these findings are discussed and possible directions for new research are suggested.

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"This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-RU-PD-2011-3-0114". I want to thank for all their useful comments and suggestions on the manuscript draft to the six reviewers and also to Professor Ph.D. Alistair Ross from London Metropolitan University, my friends Professors Ph.D. Alin Florin Sava, Assistant Lecturer Ph.D. Marius Lupșa Matichescu and Ph.D. Paul Sârbescu from West University of Timișoara, Romania.

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Appendix 1: Systematic observation grid

Appendix 1: Systematic observation grid

* For each lesson analysed, the observer will complete a vertical column of the table.

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Ilie, M.D. An adaption of Gagné’s instructional model to increase the teaching effectiveness in the classroom: the impact in Romanian Universities. Education Tech Research Dev 62, 767–794 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-014-9353-6

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