Robert F. Mager, Ph.D.

Winter 2012 Principles of Instructional Technology

Hall of Fame Nominee By Sheila Grangeiro

Biography O Robert Frank Mager

O Born in 1923 Education: O Ohio University

A.B. and M.A. O State University of Iowa

Ph.D. in Psychology

Employment History O United Stated Army O Human Resources Research Office O Varian Associates and Xerox

Corporation

O Learning Systems Institute in Paris, France O American Institutes for Research

Major publications O Preparing Instructional Objectives O Developing Attitude Toward

Learning O Analyzing Performance Problems

(with Peter Pipe) O Goal Analysis O Making Instruction Work O Measuring Instructional Results O What Every Manager Should

Know About Training O Killer in Our Midst O Life in the Pinball Machine

Reasons for nomination O Criterion-Referenced Instruction O Instructional Objectives O Expert on training and human performance

improvement issues O Influential Author O Various honors and awards in the field