What is the Segmenting Principle?
SEGMENTING PRINCIPLE: This particular principle emphasizes the importance of presenting material in chunks or segments. This is demonstrated when a book, lesson or video provides an overall heading, topics and then subtopics. This is when a presentation breaks down large steps into smaller steps. Another feature of this principle allows a students to pause the lesson if necessary. This is crucial because it give the student an opportunity to stop and process the information that they have learned without experiencing an overload. This allows each student to work at their own rate.
SEGMENTING PRINCIPLE DEMONSTRATED: Don't you just LOVE the new way several cooking sites are showing you how to prepare your favorite dishes. Whenever a cook would share a recipe with me, I would always ask for the "Betty Crocker" version. In other words, none of that "add a little bit of this and a little bit of that". I need very specific instructions. This is why I subscribe to Goodful. I love, love, love their step by step instructions. They break a continuous lesson into bite size parts and I can see it. While it is much more advantageous for the student to have a "Pause" button available, this practice can also be implemented when watching a video but it is less likely to occur. Videos like this make all the difference for those of us that are challenged in the area of culinary arts.
The Segmenting Principle is also demonstrated in the image below providing a step by step process on How to Tie a Knot.
REFERENCES
Clark, R.C. & Mayer, R.E. (2011). E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning (3rd Edition). San Francisco, CA.: John Wiley & Sons.
Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2011). E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning (3rd Edition) San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.
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