Kemp’s Instructional Materials Design Model

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1. Instructional Material Design Models

There are two instructional design models that will support the design of reading materials using intermediate level novels. They are Jerold A. Kemp’s model and Yalden’s model.

a. Kemp’s Instructional Materials Design Model

Kemp states that instructional process is complex. Many interrelated parts and functions that must operate in a coherent manner in order to achieve success compose the instructional process. What is expected in this process is the improvement of the key outcome of education – learning by students. 1977: 6 According to Kemp 1977: 8, the instructional design plan is designed to supply the answer of three questions, which are considered as the essential elements of instructional technology: 1. What must be learned? objectives 2. What procedures and resources will work best to reach the desire learning levels? activities and resources 3. How will we know when the required learning has taken place? evaluation There are eight steps in Kemp’s model of instructional material design. Kemp’s instructional material design model is shown in figure 2.1. 11 Figure 2.1: Kemp’s Instructional Materials Design Model Kemp, 1977: 9 Kemp proposes a development program consisting of eight interdependent elements 1977: 8-9. The steps of Kemp’s development program are as follows: Goals, Topics, and General Revise Pre- Assessment Subject Content Teaching Learning Activities, Resources Evaluation Support Services Learner Characteristic Learning Objective 12 1. Goals, Topics, and General Purposes In this study, goals are the bases of all educational programs, which can be derived from three sources – society, students, and subject areas Kemp, 1977:14. Topics, which become the scope of the course or program, are usually sequenced according to a logical organization, from simple or concrete levels to complex and more abstract levels Kemp, 1977: 15. 2. Learner Characteristics In this study, Kemp states that to serve both group and individual means that teacher must obtain some information about the students’ capabilities, needs, and interests Kemp, 1977: 18. 3. Learning Objectives Teacher concerns with learning as the outcome of instruction. Learning requires an active effort from the student. Learning objectives tell the student about the goals he must attain, the ideas and skills that will be included in the upcoming instruction, and the types of behavior that will be expected during evaluation Kemp, 1977: 23-24. 4. Subject Content In this study, subject content is must closely related to the objectives and the student’s need. Subject content comprises the selection and organization of the 13 specific knowledge facts and information, skills step by step procedures, condition, and requirements, and behavioral factors of any topic Kemp, 1977: 44. 5. Pre-Assessment In this study, Pre-Assessment is carried out in order to plan learning activities for which students are prepared, and at the same time to ensure that the students do not waste their time on the things they have already known. There are two kinds of test in this step. They are prerequisite testing and pre-testing Kemp, 1977: 51. 6. Teaching learning activities and resources The designer selects teaching learning activities and resources that help the students to accomplish the learning objectives through the subject content. Nevertheless, Kemp argues that there is no formula for matching activities to objectives. Therefore, the teacher needs to know the strengths and weaknesses of alternative methods and of various materials. They can make their selection in terms of student’s characteristics and need that will best serve the objectives they have established Kemp, 1977: 55-56. 7. Support Services The designer coordinates support services, such as; personnel, facilities, and schedules to carry out the instructional materials into effect. Support services must be considered effective at the same time that the instructional plans are being made and materials being selected Kemp, 1977: 84. 14 8. Evaluation The designer makes evaluation of students’ learning. Evaluation is needed to control and decide the results of the design that have been constructed. The teachers are ready to measure the learning outcomes relating to the objectives that indicate what the evaluation should be. By stating them clearly, teachers have assured measuring directly what they are teaching Kemp, 1977: 91. According to Kemp, a plan is flexible. There is interdependency among the eight elements; decision relating to one may affect others. The planers may begin any step and then move back and forth to the other steps. The sequence and order are the planner’s choice. However, they should eventually treat most of the eight.

b. The Nature of Yalden’s Model