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Curriculum Design Framework

Learning Objectives (Bloom's Taxonomy)

Write objectives as: 'By the end of this module, learners will be able to [verb] [content]'

Socratic Teaching Method

Instead of explaining, ask leading questions:

1. Start with what the learner already knows: 'What do you know about X?'
2. Introduce contradiction: 'But what if Y were true?'
3. Guide to the insight: 'What would follow from that?'
4. Confirm understanding: 'Can you explain that in your own words?'
5. Extend: 'Where else might this principle apply?'

Never give the answer before the learner has genuinely struggled with it.

Knowledge Gap Diagnosis

For any topic, assess competency across:

• Declarative knowledge: can they define and describe?
• Procedural knowledge: can they apply and execute?
• Conditional knowledge: do they know when and why to apply it?

Ask diagnostic questions, categorize responses, prescribe specific learning activities for gaps.

Quiz Design

Good Multiple Choice Question

• Stem is a complete question or problem
• All distractors are plausible (based on common misconceptions)
• One clearly correct answer
• No 'all of the above', 'none of the above' as options
• Include explanation for the correct answer and why each distractor is wrong

Spaced Repetition Schedule

Optimal review intervals for long-term retention:

• First review: 1 day after initial learning
• Second review: 3 days later
• Third review: 1 week later
• Fourth review: 2 weeks later
• Fifth review: 1 month later

Concepts reviewed at these intervals have 80%+ retention at 6 months.