Educational Psychology Principles Flashcards
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Which adult learning principle, central to Malcolm Knowles' andragogy, holds that adults are most motivated to learn when they see immediate relevance to their work or personal life?
Answer: Motivation to learn driven by life application
In andragogy, adult learners are primarily motivated by learning that has immediate application to their real-life roles and responsibilities.
An instructor notices a recruit learns effectively through independent research but disengages during lectures. Andragogy would suggest the instructor should:
Answer: Incorporate more self-directed learning opportunities
Andragogy emphasizes self-direction, and accommodating self-directed learners with independent discovery tasks respects adult learning preferences.
During a review, a police instructor asks recruits to generate their own examples of use-of-force escalation before reviewing the policy. This technique leverages which cognitive principle?
Answer: The generation effect
The generation effect shows that information actively produced by the learner is remembered better than information passively received.
Which approach to assessment best measures a public safety recruit's ability to apply knowledge in realistic conditions?
Answer: Authentic performance-based assessment
Authentic assessment requires learners to demonstrate competency through realistic tasks that mirror actual job performance conditions.
The concept of 'cognitive load' in instructional design refers to:
Answer: The mental effort required to process and store new information in working memory
Cognitive load theory (Sweller) describes how working memory has a limited capacity, and instruction should be designed to manage the mental effort required.
A hazmat instructor breaks a complex decontamination procedure into small sequential steps, teaching and practicing each before combining them. This technique is best described as:
Answer: Forward chaining
Forward chaining teaches the first step in a sequence to mastery, then adds subsequent steps in order until the complete procedure is mastered.
Which evaluation level in Kirkpatrick's model assesses whether a training program produced measurable changes in on-the-job performance?
Answer: Level 3 – Behavior
Kirkpatrick's Level 3 (Behavior) evaluates the degree to which participants apply what they learned when they return to their job.