CRI Curriculum Design & Development 5

Question 1

A CRI instructor wants to reduce cognitive overload for beginning steno students. Which instructional strategy BEST addresses this goal?

Accepted Answer

Chunking new information into small, manageable segments

Answer

Chunking breaks complex material into smaller units, reducing cognitive overload by limiting the amount of new information processed at once.

Question 2

Which curriculum design approach organizes content around real-world professional tasks rather than academic subjects or disciplines?

Accepted Answer

Problem-centered design

Answer

Problem-centered design organizes curriculum around real-life tasks and problems students will face in their professional roles.

Question 3

When conducting a curriculum mapping exercise, what is the primary goal?

Accepted Answer

Documenting what is taught, when, and how it aligns with outcomes

Answer

Curriculum mapping documents the content, skills, and assessments across courses to identify gaps, redundancies, and alignment with program outcomes.

Question 4

In criterion-referenced assessment used in court reporting programs, student performance is compared to:

Accepted Answer

A predetermined standard or level of mastery

Answer

Criterion-referenced assessment measures performance against a fixed standard (e.g., 95% accuracy at 225 wpm) rather than against peers.

Question 5

Which learning theory most directly supports the use of immediate corrective feedback in steno speed drills?

Accepted Answer

Behaviorism

Answer

Behaviorism emphasizes reinforcement and corrective feedback to shape behavior, making it highly applicable to skill-drilling in court reporting training.

(CRI) Certified Reporter Instructor Practice Test

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CRI Curriculum Design & Development 5