Sequence a Skill with Merrill
Sequence a lesson around problem, activation, demonstration, application, and integration.
Trigger Leo is designing escalation training for support specialists. The old lesson explains every policy and then gives one final scenario. Learners pass the quiz and still freeze on live calls. Merrill gives him a sequence that starts with real problems, activates what people know, demonstrates expert moves, and then hands control to the learner. The first choices decide whether the design stays tied to transfer. Framework Merrill's First Principles of Instruction Merrill's First Principles of Instruction matters because instructional design is not the act of packaging information; it is the act of arranging conditions so a learner can perform…
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