Editing Robert M. Gagné (section)

===Evaluation of instruction===
# Have the objectives been met?
# Is the new program better than the previous one?
# What additional effects does the new program include?

When objectively analyzing the conditions for learning Gagné says, "Since the purpose of instruction is learning, the central focus for rational derivation of instructional techniques is the human learner.  Development of rationally sound instructional procedures must take into account learner characteristics such as initiate capacities, experimental maturity, and current knowledge states.  Such factors become parameters of the design of any particular program of instruction."<ref>Gagné, The Idea of Schema 1987 p. 5</ref>