Instructional Design & Development Flashcards
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A performance technologist is designing a blended learning program. Which sequencing strategy best supports transfer of complex skills to the workplace?
Answer: Interleave conceptual instruction with spaced practice and real-world application
Interleaving instruction with spaced, applied practice strengthens retention and promotes transfer of complex skills.
When applying Mager's criterion-referenced instruction model, which element is written FIRST?
Answer: Terminal performance objectives
Mager's model begins with defining terminal performance objectives before designing assessment or instruction.
A CPT practitioner discovers that a training program has excellent Kirkpatrick Level 1 scores but no measurable Level 3 results. The MOST likely root cause is:
Answer: The workplace environment does not support application of learned skills
High learner satisfaction (Level 1) with no behavior transfer (Level 3) typically indicates environmental barriers, not instructional failure.
Which instructional design model is MOST appropriate when rapid delivery is critical and content is subject to frequent change?
Answer: Agile/Successive Approximation Model (SAM)
The SAM model uses iterative, rapid prototyping cycles suited to volatile content and tight timelines.
A learner analysis reveals that the target audience has high prior knowledge of the subject. What instructional design adjustment is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Reduce redundant instruction and use learner-controlled exploration
The expertise reversal effect shows that novice scaffolding becomes redundant and even counterproductive for expert learners.
In Gagne's conditions of learning, which internal condition is MOST critical for learning intellectual skills?
Answer: Prior learned capabilities (prerequisite rules)
Gagne identified prerequisite subordinate capabilities as the essential internal condition for acquiring new intellectual skills.
A designer wants to reduce extraneous cognitive load in an e-learning module about a complex process. Which technique is MOST effective?
Answer: Present corresponding text and diagrams simultaneously and in close proximity
The contiguity principle from multimedia learning theory states that related words and images should be presented together to reduce split-attention.