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Dimension 1 of The Instructional Cube (TIC) consists of whether to give priority in a lesson to process or content. The priority may fluctuate during any lesson.
Process follows rules of logic.
Content consists of social objects such as vocabulary names of tangible objects like wood, food, and water.
Priority to process includes two choices, whether to emphasize how people learn or rules the most informed people follow to do X, such as that used in standard English grammar, mathematics, and scientific method.
The Try Another Way system (Gold, 1960s and 1970s) demonstrates ways to anaylze a task according to how people learn in order for a novice to complete a complex task. Gold used assembly of a bicycle coaster brake as the prototype demonstration. Others have used task analysis to complete other complex tasks.
Direct Instruction (Engelmann, 1960s – current) demonstrates systematic use of behavior patterns people use to learn rules most informed people follow to learn school content such as to read, complete mathematical problems and other academic subjects.