Educational Psychology Principles Flashcards

Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory categorizes job factors into hygiene factors and motivators. Which of the following is a motivator (not a hygiene factor) relevant to grant staff retention?

Answer: Recognition for successful grant awards

Herzberg identified recognition, achievement, and growth as true motivators that increase job satisfaction, distinct from hygiene factors.

A training evaluator uses a control group that does not receive grant compliance training and compares their performance to the trained group. This design controls for which threat to validity?

Answer: History and maturation effects

A control group isolates the training effect by accounting for extraneous changes such as history (external events) and maturation (natural growth over time).

Which cognitive load theory principle advises against presenting the same information simultaneously in both text and narration during an e-learning module?

Answer: Redundancy effect

The redundancy effect states that presenting identical information in two formats wastes cognitive resources and can impair learning.

A grant administrator conducting a training needs analysis interviews supervisors, surveys employees, and reviews performance records. This multi-source approach is called:

Answer: Triangulation

Triangulation uses multiple data sources or methods to cross-validate findings and increase the reliability of a needs assessment.

According to situated learning theory, the most effective way to train grant writers is to:

Answer: Embed learning in authentic grant-writing tasks and communities of practice

Situated learning theory holds that knowledge is best acquired and transferred when embedded in realistic activity within a community of practitioners.

When a grant program creates a mentorship component pairing novice staff with experienced grant administrators, which educational psychology framework is most directly applied?

Answer: Cognitive apprenticeship

Cognitive apprenticeship involves experts modeling thinking processes and gradually releasing responsibility to novices in authentic contexts.

A program evaluator finds that participants scored high on a post-training knowledge test but showed no improvement in grant reporting accuracy on the job. This discrepancy most likely reflects a failure of:

Answer: Far transfer to authentic work context

Far transfer occurs when learners apply training to contexts substantially different from the training setting; its absence explains the test-to-job performance gap.