Building Expertise: Cogitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement

Building expertise is the source of competitive advantage in the knowledge economy. But downsizing, babyboomer retirements, organizational restructuring, and technological change all drain the reservoirs of expertise in the 21st Century organization. Based heavily on the most recent research, the second edition of Building Expertise provides the trainer, training designer, and training manager with guidelines and examples to help them accelerate expertise in their organizations. Specific topics include:

· How experts and novices are different
· Eight instructional principles that accelerate expertise
· Four instructional architectures to serve as design templates
· The latest research on how to develop learning that is both motivational and instructionally sound