Subjects most often attributed their iteration to new insights or discovering that initial choices were not the best¶

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q2 i? In open questionnaire questions, the most frequent self-reported reason for iteration was new insights or discovering later on that initial choices were not the best (seven subjects), followed by new information (three subjects). → Verstegen 2006

Evidence¶

Verstegen 2006¶

Verstegen, D.M.L., Barnard, Y.F. & Pilot, A. (2006). Which events can cause iteration in instructional design? An empirical study of the design process. Instructional Science 34, 481–517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-005-3346-0

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Open questionnaire questions about iteration. The most frequent self-reported reason was 'new insights or discovering later on that the initial choices were not the best (seven subjects)', followed by new information from expert answers or the resources e-mail (three subjects).

"new insights or discovering later on that the initial choices were not the best (seven subjects), – new information e.g., from answers from experts by e-mail or from the e-mail about the resources available for simulator design and acquisition (three subjects)"

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