Student Learning & Development Flashcards
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Which stage of Fitts and Posner's three-stage model of skill acquisition involves a learner being able to perform a skill automatically without conscious attention?
Answer: Autonomous stage
In the autonomous stage, skills become automatic and require minimal conscious attention, freeing cognitive resources for situational awareness.
A public safety instructor provides feedback immediately after a student performs an incorrect rescue technique. This practice BEST supports learning because:
Answer: It prevents the incorrect motor pattern from being reinforced through repetition
Immediate corrective feedback prevents incorrect motor patterns from becoming ingrained through repeated practice, which is especially critical for safety-critical skills.
Formative assessment during a public safety training course is BEST described as:
Answer: Ongoing evaluation used to monitor progress and guide instruction
Formative assessment is continuous, low-stakes evaluation conducted during instruction to provide feedback and adjust teaching strategies.
Which concept describes a student's belief in their own ability to successfully perform a specific task, and significantly impacts learning and performance?
Answer: Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy, as defined by Bandura, is a learner's confidence in their ability to perform a specific task and strongly predicts effort, persistence, and achievement.
A recruit class includes students ranging from ages 19 to 52. An instructor addressing age-related differences in learning should recognize that older adult learners typically:
Answer: Bring more extensive life experience and need time to connect new learning to prior knowledge
Older adult learners generally have richer prior experience and benefit from instructional approaches that allow them to connect new information to what they already know.
The 'zone of proximal development' (ZPD), as described by Vygotsky, is MOST useful to a public safety instructor when:
Answer: Designing tasks that challenge students just beyond their current ability with appropriate support
The ZPD represents the gap between what learners can do independently and what they can do with guidance; instruction is most effective when targeted within this zone.
After a simulated mass casualty incident exercise, an instructor conducts a structured group debrief. The PRIMARY learning purpose of this debrief is to:
Answer: Facilitate reflective learning by examining decisions and outcomes
Structured debriefs promote reflective practice by encouraging learners to analyze their decision-making, identify gaps, and consolidate lessons learned.