What is a chain?

According to Robert Gagné (1985), a chain is a set of associations which occur together in some logical arrangement or sequence.

Here are some examples of chains:

• Tying one's shoes
• The events of a particular battle
• The group of states into which a country may be divided

• What is a knowledge hierarchy?
• Information processing theory of learning

• Concept module: chain
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): C
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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