CTC Instructional Methods & Techniques 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A coach wants to ensure transfer of learning from a workshop to daily team practice. Which approach is most effective?
- End the session with a quiz
- Have participants create specific action commitments with accountability partners (Correct answer)
- Summarize key points at the end
- Send a follow-up email with notes
Correct 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.
Question 2: The Kolb Learning Cycle suggests that effective learning involves four stages. Which sequence is correct?
- Abstract Conceptualization → Active Experimentation → Concrete Experience → Reflective Observation
- Concrete Experience → Reflective Observation → Abstract Conceptualization → Active Experimentation (Correct answer)
- Active Experimentation → Abstract Conceptualization → Reflective Observation → Concrete Experience
- Reflective Observation → Concrete Experience → Active Experimentation → Abstract Conceptualization
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.
Question 3: A coach uses 'liberating structures' in a session. What is the core purpose of this approach?
- To strictly control discussion flow
- To include and unleash everyone's contribution (Correct answer)
- To reduce session complexity
- To focus only on top performers
Correct 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.
Question 4: When coaching a newly formed team, which instructional sequence best supports their development?
- Start with advanced problem-solving before building relationships
- Build psychological safety first, then introduce challenging tasks (Correct answer)
- Focus on individual performance metrics from day one
- Assign roles before the team understands each other
Correct 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.
Question 5: Which technique is most appropriate when a coach wants the team to surface hidden assumptions about their work processes?
- Directive instruction from the coach
- Assumption mapping or assumption storming (Correct answer)
- SWOT analysis
- Setting new KPIs
Correct answer: Assumption mapping or assumption storming
Assumption mapping explicitly surfaces and examines beliefs the team holds unconsciously, enabling more rigorous and honest process analysis.
Question 6: A team coach decides to use 'visual facilitation' with graphic recording during a session. What is the primary benefit?
- It replaces the need for a facilitator
- It creates a shared visible record that aids collective understanding and memory (Correct answer)
- It speeds up discussions
- It focuses participants on individual tasks
Correct 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.
Question 7: 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?
- Competition between individuals
- Confidence and refinement of ideas through nested group sizes (Correct answer)
- Hierarchical decision-making
- Faster consensus through elimination
Correct 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.
CTC Instructional Methods & Techniques 3
A coach wants to ensure transfer of learning from a workshop to daily team practice.
Which approach is most effective?