Instructional Methods & Techniques Flashcards

A coach wants to ensure transfer of learning from a workshop to daily team practice. Which approach is most effective?

Answer: Have participants create specific action commitments with accountability partners

Specific action commitments paired with accountability partners create social contracts that significantly increase follow-through after training.

The Kolb Learning Cycle suggests that effective learning involves four stages. Which sequence is correct?

Answer: Concrete Experience → Reflective Observation → Abstract Conceptualization → Active Experimentation

Kolb's cycle begins with a concrete experience, followed by reflection, then forming concepts, and finally testing them through active experimentation.

A coach uses 'liberating structures' in a session. What is the core purpose of this approach?

Answer: To include and unleash everyone's contribution

Liberating structures are microstructures designed to replace conventional methods that either over-control or under-structure group interaction, ensuring all voices contribute.

When coaching a newly formed team, which instructional sequence best supports their development?

Answer: Build psychological safety first, then introduce challenging tasks

Establishing psychological safety is foundational; without it, teams cannot engage authentically in learning or tackle difficult challenges together.

Which technique is most appropriate when a coach wants the team to surface hidden assumptions about their work processes?

Answer: Assumption mapping or assumption storming

Assumption mapping explicitly surfaces and examines beliefs the team holds unconsciously, enabling more rigorous and honest process analysis.

A team coach decides to use 'visual facilitation' with graphic recording during a session. What is the primary benefit?

Answer: It creates a shared visible record that aids collective understanding and memory

Visual facilitation externalizes ideas into a shared visual space, helping teams build collective meaning and reference key points throughout the session.

When using the '1-2-4-All' structure, participants first work alone, then in pairs, then fours, then share with all. What does this progressively build?

Answer: Confidence and refinement of ideas through nested group sizes

Progressive group size expansion allows individuals to refine thinking at each stage, reducing social pressure and improving idea quality before full-group sharing.