The document outlines the process of conducting a task analysis for instructional purposes, focusing on topic analysis, procedural analysis, and the critical incident method. It details steps to define instructional goals and lists key steps to be taken for achieving these goals, with examples centered around creating a grow box system. References for further reading on instructional design are also provided.

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.