PSI Instructional Design & Delivery 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: During a law enforcement training session, the instructor uses role-play to simulate a domestic violence call. This technique primarily supports which learning domain?
- Cognitive domain only
- Affective and psychomotor domains (Correct answer)
- Psychomotor domain only
- None of Bloom's domains
Correct answer: Affective and psychomotor domains
Role-play simultaneously engages the affective domain (attitudes, values) and psychomotor domain (physical responses) in a realistic context.
Question 2: Which sequencing strategy starts with the simplest concepts and progressively moves to the most complex?
- Spiral curriculum
- Simple-to-complex sequencing (Correct answer)
- Topical sequencing
- Prerequisite sequencing
Correct answer: Simple-to-complex sequencing
Simple-to-complex sequencing builds foundational understanding before introducing more advanced concepts.
Question 3: An instructor is developing a course objective. Which of the following BEST meets criteria for a well-written behavioral objective?
- Students will understand fire behavior
- Students will appreciate the importance of safety
- Given a structural fire scenario, the student will identify at least three signs of backdraft with 100% accuracy (Correct answer)
- Students will learn about hazardous materials
Correct answer: Given a structural fire scenario, the student will identify at least three signs of backdraft with 100% accuracy
A well-written behavioral objective includes the condition, the observable behavior, and the performance standard (Mager's ABCDs).
Question 4: What is the MAIN advantage of using spaced practice (distributed practice) over massed practice in public safety skills training?
- It is less time-consuming for instructors to schedule
- It produces better long-term retention and skill durability (Correct answer)
- It allows more students to train at the same time
- It eliminates the need for summative evaluation
Correct answer: It produces better long-term retention and skill durability
Research consistently shows spaced practice improves long-term retention compared to concentrated practice in a single session.
Question 5: A corrections officer training program adds new content on mental health crisis intervention. The FIRST step in updating the curriculum should be to:
- Develop new PowerPoint presentations immediately
- Purchase new textbooks for all participants
- Conduct a needs assessment to identify performance gaps and training requirements (Correct answer)
- Schedule additional class hours without reviewing current content
Correct answer: Conduct a needs assessment to identify performance gaps and training requirements
A needs assessment identifies the gap between current and desired performance before any course revision begins.
Question 6: Which of Gagné's Nine Events of Instruction involves informing learners of what they will be able to do by the end of the lesson?
- Gaining attention
- Stimulating recall of prior learning
- Informing learners of the objective (Correct answer)
- Presenting the stimulus material
Correct answer: Informing learners of the objective
Informing learners of the objective (Event 3) sets expectations and directs attention toward the intended learning outcomes.
Question 7: A public safety training program is experiencing poor transfer of learning to the job. Which design change would MOST directly address this problem?
- Increasing the number of written exams
- Adding more lecture time on policy and procedure
- Incorporating high-fidelity simulations that closely match actual job conditions (Correct answer)
- Reducing the length of the training program
Correct answer: Incorporating high-fidelity simulations that closely match actual job conditions
Transfer of learning is maximized when training conditions closely resemble the actual job environment (fidelity principle).
PSI Instructional Design & Delivery 3
During a law enforcement training session, the instructor uses role-play to simulate a domestic violence call.
This technique primarily supports which learning domain?