this presentation describes a two step approach to conducting a topic analysis for instructional design

1. Conducting a Task
Analysis
Presented by: Leesha Roberts, Instructor II,
Valsayn Campus, Center for Education
Programmes, UTT

3. PREPARING A TASK
ANALYSIS
O Depending on your instructional problem
you have defined you may need to conduct
one or more of the following:
O Topic Analysis – this is suited for defining
cognitive knowledge

4. PREPARING A TASK
ANALYSIS
O Procedural Analysis – this is suited for use
with psychomotor tasks, job tasks or
cognitive sequences involving a series of
steps.
O Critical Incident Method – this is used for
analyzing interpersonal skills (i.e. verbal and
nonverbal such as body language)

5. STEP 1:
O Define the instructional goal.
O Instructional Goals usually express
observable actions that we accept as
evidence that learners have indeed acquired
new knowledge, understanding and
appreciation.
O Goals can be a single sentence or a
statement.

6. STEP 2:
O List the key steps involved in completing or
acquiring the required knowledge.
Instructional Goal
Subordinate
Skill/Knowledge
Subordinate
Skill/Knowledge
Subordinate
Skill/Knowledge
Subordinate
Skill/Knowledge
Subordinate
Skill/Knowledge
Subordinate
Skill/Knowledge

7. WORKING EXAMPLE
O Instructional Goal: At the end of this instruction, the
students will be able to create a grow box system for
the competition, produce their own crops and explain
the grow box system to others.
O Create a Grow Box System:
1. Explain a grow box system
2. Define a grow box system
3. Look for the materials to be used in a grow box system
4. How to assemble the grow box system

8. WORKING EXAMPLE
5. The importance of a grow box
6. Why is a grow box necessary
7. What can we grow in a grow box
8. Dress code when in the garden
9. Where should the grow box be placed and why
10. Tools to be used in the garden and to create a grow box.

9. RE-RANKED LIST & DEFINED
CONTENT TYPES
O Create a Grow Box System:
1. Define a grow box system (FACT)
2. Explain a grow box system(CONCEPT)
3. The importance of a grow box (CONCEPT, ATTITUDE)
4. Why is a grow box necessary (CONCEPT, ATTITUDE)
5. Where should the grow box be placed and why (CONCEPT)
6. What can we grow in a grow box (FACT)
7. Tools to be used in the garden and to create a grow box.(FACT,
PROCEDURE)
8. Dress code when in the garden (PRINCIPLE/RULE)
9. Look for the materials to be used in a grow box system (CONCEPT)
10. How to assemble the grow box system (PROCEDURE)

10. References:
O Zook, K. B. (2001). Instructional design for
classroom teaching and learning. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin.
O Morrison, G. R. (2011). Designing effective
instruction. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
O Rothwell, W. J., & Kazanas, H. C. (2004).
Mastering the instructional design process:
A systematic approach. San Francisco, Calif:
Jossey-Bass.