Editing Instructional theory (section)

==Definition==
Instructional theory is different than [[learning theory (education)|learning theory]]. A learning theory ''describes'' how learning takes place, and an instructional theory ''prescribes'' how to better help people learn.<ref name="Reigeluth"/> Learning theories often inform instructional theory, and three general theoretical stances take part in this influence: behaviorism (learning as response acquisition), cognitivism (learning as knowledge acquisition), and constructivism (learning as knowledge construction).<ref>Mayer, R. E. (1992). Cognition and instruction:O n their historic meeting within educational psychology. Journal of Educational Psychology, 84, 405-412.</ref> Instructional theory helps us create conditions that increases the probability of learning.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.appliedidt.com/blog/2013/07/03/instructional-theory-versus-learning-theory/ | title=Instructional Theory versus Learning Theory| date=2013-07-03}}</ref> Its goal is understanding the instructional system and to improve the process of instruction.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AjuqO8S5drYC&pg=PA7|title=Research on Instruction: Design and Effects|last1=Dijkstra|first1=S.|last2=Wolters|first2=Bernadette H. A. M. van Hout|last3=Sijde|first3=Peter van der|date=1989|publisher=Educational Technology|isbn=9780877782216|language=en}}</ref>