Guided analysis

Guided analysis activities step learners through the process of analyzing a complex situation. Guided analysis answers one of the most important questions ever asked: “So what?”

Analyze soil texture guides forestry professionals in classifying soil textures based on the proportions of sand, loam, and silt in the soil.

In Classify these igneous rocks, learners classify igneous rocks by their texture and magma type. To classify the rocks listed to the right, the learner drags each rock into a box in the appropriate row and column.

Another example of guided analysis, Order from chaos (not pictured), asks learners to organize the list of architectural styles by categories and sub-categories.

In Composition 101, learners are challenged to recreate a famous poster they have studied. They have all the pieces and must rearrange them by dragging pieces around, resizing them, and flipping them vertically and horizontally.

About the examples

Analyze soil texture was built using Adobe Captivate. Classify igneous rocks was built with Adobe Dreamweaver. Order from chaos was built using Adobe Dreamweaver. And Composition 101 was built using Adobe Flash.