Instructional Design & Development Flashcards
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A CPT is tasked with designing a compliance training program. Which approach BEST ensures both regulatory adherence and meaningful learning?
Answer: Embed regulatory requirements in realistic decision-making scenarios with consequences
Scenario-based compliance training drives understanding of why rules exist and how to apply them, unlike passive acknowledgment.
When applying cognitive load theory to instructional design, the term 'germane load' refers to:
Answer: Cognitive resources devoted to schema formation and automation of knowledge
Germane load is the productive cognitive effort learners invest in constructing and automating schemas, which is the goal of effective instruction.
A training manager asks a CPT to justify investing in simulation-based training over a less expensive e-learning format. The STRONGEST evidence-based argument is:
Answer: Simulations provide deliberate practice with feedback in a risk-free environment, accelerating skill development
Simulation allows learners to practice complex or dangerous procedures safely, with immediate corrective feedback, which is the evidence-based rationale for the higher cost.
Which statement BEST reflects the relationship between performance objectives and assessment in criterion-referenced instruction?
Answer: Each assessment item should directly measure attainment of a specific performance objective
In criterion-referenced instruction, each test item maps directly to a stated objective to ensure valid measurement of whether that objective was achieved.
A designer is developing microlearning modules for a sales team. Which characteristic is MOST essential for effective microlearning?
Answer: Each module addresses one specific, immediately applicable performance objective
Effective microlearning is defined by its singular focus on one discrete, actionable performance outcome that learners can apply immediately.
In a needs assessment, 'desired performance' is compared to 'actual performance' to identify a gap. What is the term for the difference between these two levels?
Answer: Performance discrepancy
The performance discrepancy (or performance gap) is the measurable difference between desired and actual performance that the intervention must close.
A CPT practitioner is reviewing a draft e-learning course and notices that the audio narration reads the on-screen text word-for-word. This violates which multimedia learning principle?
Answer: Redundancy principle
The redundancy principle states that learning is impaired when the same information is presented simultaneously in both spoken and written text.