CPI Instructional Design & Curriculum Development 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which evaluation model focuses on four levels: reaction, learning, behavior, and results?
- Stufflebeam's CIPP Model
- Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Model (Correct answer)
- Dick and Carey Model
- ADDIE Framework
Correct answer: Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Model
Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Model evaluates training effectiveness across reaction, learning, behavior transfer, and organizational results.
Question 2: A postsecondary instructor wants to align assessments directly with stated learning objectives. This practice is known as:
- Formative assessment
- Constructive alignment (Correct answer)
- Summative evaluation
- Norm-referenced testing
Correct answer: Constructive alignment
Constructive alignment ensures that learning objectives, teaching activities, and assessments are all mutually consistent and reinforce each other.
Question 3: When designing curriculum for adult learners, which principle from andragogy states that adults need to understand WHY they are learning something?
- Self-concept
- Readiness to learn
- Need to know (Correct answer)
- Orientation to learning
Correct answer: Need to know
Knowles' andragogy principle of 'need to know' holds that adults must understand the relevance and purpose of learning before engaging effectively.
Question 4: In the ADDIE model, which phase involves creating storyboards, prototypes, and sample instructional materials?
- Analysis
- Design
- Development (Correct answer)
- Implementation
Correct answer: Development
The Development phase is where actual instructional materials, content, and prototypes are built based on the Design phase's blueprints.
Question 5: A course that groups related topics together so students revisit and build on earlier concepts at increasing depth is using which curriculum design?
- Linear curriculum
- Spiral curriculum (Correct answer)
- Modular curriculum
- Problem-based curriculum
Correct answer: Spiral curriculum
Spiral curriculum, developed by Jerome Bruner, revisits core concepts at increasing complexity across different points in instruction.
Question 6: Which type of needs assessment gathers data about discrepancies between current and desired job performance?
- Organizational analysis
- Task analysis
- Person analysis
- Performance analysis (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Performance analysis
Performance analysis identifies gaps between actual and desired performance to determine whether training is the appropriate intervention.
Question 7: When writing learning objectives, the condition component describes:
- The level of mastery required
- The observable behavior to be demonstrated
- The circumstances under which performance will occur (Correct answer)
- The cognitive domain being targeted
Correct answer: The circumstances under which performance will occur
In Mager's learning objective format, the condition specifies the context, tools, or constraints under which the learner must perform the behavior.
CPI Instructional Design & Curriculum Development 2
Which evaluation model focuses on four levels: reaction, learning, behavior, and results?