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A functional analysis of task analysis procedures for instuctional design

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Representative examples of task analysis procedures were examined for common components, methods, and terminology. Resulting generic components were categorized into two phases of task analysis: task description and instructional analysis. Task description included the components of task inventory, ordering, and refinement. Instructional analysis was comprised of the specification of needs, goals, objectives, learning hierarchy, learning taxonomy, training considerations, and product development specifications. Identification of these components permitted the formulation of a generalized model of task analysis. The model contained a consensus of procedures comprising educational and industrial task analysis applications.

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  1. Department of Educational Technology, Arizona State University, 85287, Tempe, AZ

    Patricia Kennedy (Associate Professor), Timm Esque (Graduate Student) & Jerry Novak (Graduate Student)

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Kennedy, P., Esque, T. & Novak, J. A functional analysis of task analysis procedures for instuctional design. Journal of Instructional Development 6, 10–16 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02906213

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