Effectiveness of Instruction Based on Four-Component Educational Design Model on Student's Problem-Solving Skills

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a four-component educational design model on problem solving skills of university students. 

in this study a quasi-experimental research method with pre-test and post-test design with control group was used. Participants in this study included 23 undergraduate students in the field of educational sciences - educational technology major of Arak University, in the academic year 2019-2020, were chosen by convenience and purposive sampling and randomly assigned into two experimental groups, 12 and control. , 11 subjects. Learners in the experimental group took the course of electronic content production based on a four-component educational design model, while the teaching method in the control group was the conventional method. The data collection tool was Hepner and Patterson (1982) problem solving questionnaire.  Analysis of covariance (Ancova) was used to analyze the data.

  Statistical findings showed that the instructional method based on the four-component instructional design model had no significant effect on students' problem-solving skills (p> 0.05).

In addition to educational models and methods, there are other factors involved in developing problem-solving skills that should be considered in the educational process.