Subject Matter Analysis

Subject Matter Analysis

subject matter analysis defines the content that needs to be included in an instructional module/learning environment. Part of subject matter analysis is searching for optimal perspectives and knowledge.

Techniques used include:

• Literature reviews• Document examination (e.g., searching policy

and procedure manuals, SOPS, etc)• Interviews of superior performers• Interviews of experts (who may be outside of

the company)

Literature reviews

• A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers

Document examination

• Finding out about the policy and manual procedure about the subject matter.

• For an optimal perspective of knowledge we need to know the whole part of the subject

Analysis

By conducting such an analysis, the instructional designer identifies important principles or rules and discovers how superior performers tap into these principles or rules. Questions include:

Questions

• What does the superior performer know?• How is it organized in her head?• How does she access it? What is her schema?• How does she turn this knowledge into

performance?