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Glaser Four Components of a Psychology of Instruction

They are:

1) analyzing the subject matter
2) diagnosing preinstructional behavior
3) carrying out the instructional process
4) measuring learning outcomes

Glaser (1965, 1976) as cited in Reigeluth 1983, p. 14
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