CRI Instructional Design & Delivery 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which delivery method is MOST effective for teaching the physical mechanics of steno machine technique to new students?
- Video lecture only
- Textbook reading with diagrams
- Live demonstration followed by supervised practice with immediate feedback (Correct answer)
- Peer teaching pairs without instructor observation
Correct answer: Live demonstration followed by supervised practice with immediate feedback
Psychomotor skills like steno technique require demonstration plus supervised practice with immediate corrective feedback to develop correctly.
Question 2: A CRI instructor is preparing a lesson plan. Which component ensures alignment between learning objectives, instruction, and assessment?
- Constructive alignment (Correct answer)
- Mastery learning
- Spaced repetition
- Backward design only
Correct answer: Constructive alignment
Constructive alignment ensures that what is taught, how it is taught, and how it is assessed all align with stated learning objectives.
Question 3: A student with a diagnosed learning disability requests extended time on speed takes. Under ADA guidelines, the instructor should:
- Deny the request because speed accuracy is an essential exam function
- Grant the accommodation if supported by documentation and institutional policy (Correct answer)
- Reduce the required accuracy percentage instead of extending time
- Refer the student to a different program better suited to their needs
Correct answer: Grant the accommodation if supported by documentation and institutional policy
ADA requires reasonable accommodations when supported by documentation; the instructor must follow institutional policy for approved accommodations.
Question 4: Which questioning technique encourages higher-order thinking during a court reporting theory review session?
- Yes/no recall questions
- Fill-in-the-blank drills
- Case-based scenario questions requiring application of rules (Correct answer)
- True/false quizzes on definitions
Correct answer: Case-based scenario questions requiring application of rules
Case-based scenario questions require students to apply theory rules to novel situations, activating higher-order cognitive skills per Bloom's Taxonomy.
Question 5: When creating a rubric for evaluating student transcripts, which criterion is MOST critical for a court reporting context?
- Aesthetic formatting of the transcript
- Verbatim accuracy of the transcript content (Correct answer)
- Speed at which the transcript was produced
- Length of the transcript
Correct answer: Verbatim accuracy of the transcript content
Verbatim accuracy is the foundational professional standard for court reporters and must be the primary rubric criterion.
Question 6: Spaced practice is preferred over massed practice in speed-building because:
- It allows the instructor to cover more curriculum in less time
- Distributing practice over time enhances long-term retention and skill consolidation (Correct answer)
- Students find massed practice demotivating
- Spaced practice reduces the total hours required for certification
Correct answer: Distributing practice over time enhances long-term retention and skill consolidation
Research consistently shows that distributed practice produces superior long-term retention compared to massed, back-to-back drilling.
Question 7: A student performs well on isolated vocabulary drills but fails full-speed takes. The MOST likely instructional gap is:
- Insufficient theory knowledge
- Lack of transfer training using authentic, connected dictation (Correct answer)
- Over-reliance on the steno machine's audio feature
- Poor ergonomic posture during testing
Correct answer: Lack of transfer training using authentic, connected dictation
Transfer failure indicates the student has isolated-skill proficiency but has not practiced applying it under realistic, connected-speech conditions.
CRI Instructional Design & Delivery 3
Which delivery method is MOST effective for teaching the physical mechanics of steno machine technique to new students?