How long does it take to read Principles of Instructional Design?
Principles of Instructional Design by Robert Mills Gagné takes about 6 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1974. 337 pages, about 92,675 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book describes a rationally consistent basis for instructional design based in cognitive psychology and information-processing theory. It prepares teachers to design and develop a course, unit, and module of instruction; outlines the nine stages of instructional design procedure; and integrates current research and practice in the movement toward performance systems technology.
Subjects: Design, Instructional systems, Learning, Learning, Psychology of, Lesson planning, Psychology of Learning
