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1. Three criteria for formative evaluation
Asynchronous
Understandable - accurate - functional
Bloom's Taxonomy
Cost or budget - lesson content - learner background and expectations - time available - and facilities/equipment/materials

2. The seven steps in Krumboltz's DECIDES model
Measures of quantity or numbers
Psychomotor skills
problem - establish action plan - clarify values - identify alternatives - discover probable outcomes - eliminate alternatives systematically - start action
Semantic differential

3. The learning theory that includes activities like behavioral modeling - simulations - role plays - skill drills - and rewards
Low frequency - high complexity - high consequence of error - high probability of change in the future
Convergers - divergers - assimilators - and accommodators
Behavorism
Experiential learning

4. Change management
Growth - exploratory - establishment - maintenance - decline
Change is a process not an event. Change management is the process of directing change at each level of an organization.
Cause Analysis
The extent to which an instrument predicts future results

5. The way of learning that stresses experience and reflection - and uses an inductive learning process that takes a learner through five stages: experiencing - publishing - processing - generalizing - and applying
Functional context
A measure of the variability of scores from the mean
Experiential learning
Interviews

6. The learning domain that focuses on the skills and knowledge relating to an activity such as changing a car's oil
Central tendency
Cognitive
Cause Analysis
Convergers - divergers - assimilators - and accommodators

7. The three tasks of business analysis
Eager to succeed - open to support - interested in different tactics/methods and trying those out - learning oriented
Identify business goals - clarify those goals - determine specificity and measurability of the goals.
Seels and Glasgow instructional systems design model
Knowledge in one's personal memory - includes judgment - insights - experience - know-how - personal beliefs - and personal values.

8. BE
Breakeven ( ( Program Costs / Investment ) / ( Benefits / Cash Inflow) )
Hard data
Visual - Auditory - and Kinestethic
Learner self-concept - Learner prior experience - Readiness to learn - Orientation to learning - and Motivation to learn

9. Cordinal data
Numbers or variables used to rank order a system
Self-study guides - job aids - instructor-led materials - technology-delivered training deliverables - assessments
Business Analysis
Learning Management System. Software that automates administration - tracking - and reporting of learning events (ILT and online).

10. The process where each member of a group makes their opinions conform to the perceived group consensus
Kurt Lewin's forcefield analysis
An effective - structured way that captures people's learning from an experience.
Groupthink
Cross-functional - cross-country/international

11. Four phases of succession planning
Self-study guides - job aids - instructor-led materials - technology-delivered training deliverables - assessments
Semantic differential
Adult learning theories - instructional design techniques
Establish scope - create plan - implement plan - monitor/evaluate/revise plan

12. Compare/contrast chaos and complexity
Identify organizational values - development mission - develop vision - develop value statements
Questions that check for understanding or test for consensus
Chaos is simple systems generating complicated behavior. Complexity is complicated systems generating simple behavior.
Something that disrupts the flow of information between source and receiver

13. The e-Learning techniques allows learners to personally assess what can be learned - the value of the content - and the difficulty of the content
Navigation
Determining needs - defining scope and budget - creating and sending the RFP - evaluating proposals and selecting vendors - notifying the vendor and negotiating the contract - implementing the project - monitoring the project - completing and evaluat
Managers are responsible for their own development - executives are responsible for the development of their subordinates - the organization is responsible for providing growth opportunities
Capture attention - reveal trainer's style - raise participant's comfort level - introduce the topic of the presentation.

14. The technique - developed by Georgi Lazanov - that uses the instructional application of stimulating the body and mind at peak efficiency to develop super-learning capabilities
Behavorism
Self-study guides - job aids - instructor-led materials - technology-delivered training deliverables - assessments
The outcome that depends on the independent variable and covariates
Suggestopedia

15. Types of Level 3 instruments
Split-half
Action plans - interviews - questionnaires - focus groups - performance contracts
problem - establish action plan - clarify values - identify alternatives - discover probable outcomes - eliminate alternatives systematically - start action
Information - resources - incentives/consequences - knowledge and skills - capacity - and motivation.

16. Types of synthesis models
Two-aix matrixes - flowcharts - dichotomy - graphic models
Honesty - fairness - lawfulness - compassion - respect - loyalty - dependability
Harless' front-end analysis model
Determine business impact - improve the design of the learning experience - determine the content's adequacy

17. The method where instruction is provided in a self-directed format that is available at all times - even with a facilitator is not online
Asynchronous
Pareto analysis
Multiple intelligences theory
Chat rooms are essentially synchronous (real-time) message boards.

18. Four benefits of web-based training
Cost-effectiveness - accessibility and application - learner access - and self-direction
Learning Management System (LMS)
Ginzberg's theory
Weak manager judgments or experience levels - identified talent shortages - organization culture suports structured programs

19. Three examples of active training techniques
Psychomotor skills
Passive - active - empathetic - listening for knowledge - listening for clarification
External coaching - internal coaching
Brainstorming - case studies - and role plays

20. The two mechanisms the chaos and complexity theory focus on
Change is a process not an event. Change management is the process of directing change at each level of an organization.
The sum of the numbers divided by the total number of values
To aid in career planning
Information - feedback

21. Four personal social styles per Harvey Robbins
Surveys
Analytical - amiable - drivers - expressive
No right or final answers - cause and effect not related to space and time - all solutions require careful consideration - behavior gets worse before it gets better - all systems have limits - foresight benefits the organization
The mid-point of the distribution - 50% of the values are above/below this value

22. Two characteristics of distance learning
Driving forces - restraining forces - current state - desired state
Inputs - outputs - process controls - and resources.
Icebreakers do not have to relate to the session materials. Opening exercise introduces the session materials being taught.
Separation of place - time - or both among learners - instructors - and learning resources; Interactions are conducted through one or mode media.

23. The technique that should account for 50% of the preparation for a presentation
Skill variety - task identity - task significance - autonomy - feedback
Rehersal
Brainstorming - case studies - and role plays
Form - storm - norm - perform - and adjourn.

24. The measure that is defined by mean - median - and mode
Create a vision - communicate the plan - connect the people - congratulate success
To systematically plan an organization's future
Central tendency
Enabling objectives

25. Dependent
Communication - client motivation - self-management - technical skills
Multiple intelligences theory
The outcome that depends on the independent variable and covariates
Self-contained chunk of instructional material

26. The four characteristics of online communication
Image oriented - interactive - immediate - and intimate.
Information - feedback
Diagnose the problem - generate alternative actions/behaviors - identify consequences for those actions/behaviors
Theatre style

27. The seating arrangement is the least conducive to stimulating group discussion
Opener - bridge - main body - and close
Learning style
Seels and Glasgow instructional systems design model
Theatre style

28. The ability of the same measurement to produce consistent results over time
Behavior
Agreeing with the client when another response would be better - being judgmental or too rigid - progressing at the wrong pace (too fast/too slow) for the client
Focused on fundamental shifts in how people view themselves - and intentional alterations of beliefs and values about the world and themselves
Reliability

29. Systems thinking
Solution Selection
Rehersal
External and environmental influences
Thinking about the whole organization - rather than individuals - and looking primarily at processes

30. Types of Level 5 instruments
Split-half
Harless' front-end analysis model
Cognitivism
Control groups - management estimates - extant data - external studies

31. Describe a message board
Websites where users post questions - thoughts and observations - and can reply to other users postings of the same
Determine business impact - improve the design of the learning experience - determine the content's adequacy
Pareto analysis
Culture - vision - strategy - and structure

32. Community of practice
Learning
Knowledge - skills - desire - environment - and opportunity
The whole is more than the sum of the parts - patterns are everywhere in the system - cause and effect is never simple - history does and does not repeat itself - change come from chaos - the future can and cannot be predicted
A group of people who share a common interest - and are willing to share the experiences of their common interest.

33. Three tasks for knowledge mapping
Mentoring is longer term - and mentors do not have responsibility for participants improvement.
Design
Documentation audit - information system survey - identification of external information sources
Focused on fundamental shifts in how people view themselves - and intentional alterations of beliefs and values about the world and themselves

34. The five stages of D. E. Super's developmental framework
Reality - feasibility - authority - and learning opportunities
The sum of the numbers divided by the total number of values
Purpose and character of use (commercial or nonprofit educational use) - nature of the copyrighted work - amount of the work used in relationship to the whole of the work - effect on the market potential for or value of the copyrighted work
Growth - exploratory - establishment - maintenance - decline

35. Types of Level 2 instruments
Written tests - oral Q&A - performance tests - role plays
Do not discriminate in any aspect of employment based on disabilities - with reasonable accommodations such as interpreters - reading aids - instructional material modifications - etc.
Functional context
Perform a front-end analysis

36. Three disadvantages of focus groups
When the cause of the problem is a lack of knowledge or skills
Terminal objectives
Time and resource intensive - undue influence of vocal member(s) - difficult to facilitate with a single facilitator to encourage participation and take notes
Data from archival records - existing records - report - and data

37. Four variables that effect how members of a culture think and express themselves
Validity
Structure and processes - resources - information - knowledge and skills - motives - and wellness.
A variable the influences the dependent variable
Social contexting - contexting - authority - and concept of time

38. The analysis that serves as a reality check to identify a project's limiting factors
Raw and non-contextual - and can exist in forms usable or not
Perform a front-end analysis
Philosophy of coaching - definition of coaching - standards of ethical coaching conduct - pledge of coaching ethics
Constraints analysis

39. Four common mistakes HPI professionals make in selecting - designing - and implementing interventions
Lack of knowledge or skills - lack of physical resources - process problems - lack of information - lack of leadership - lack of information on consequences - lack of motivation - inadequate feedback - inadequate incentives - performer's lack of capa
Failure to partner - failure to consider culture - failure to manage change - and failure to adapt to the client.
A variable whose quantification can be broken down into very small units - often called analog (opposed to discrete)
Functional context

40. Three advantages of interviews as a data gathering technique
Walk towards a participant as they speak
Solution Implementation
Rich data - comparable data across interviews with proper construction of interview protocol - and adds depth to quantative methods
High cost - scheduling difficulties - and temporary (unless learners have opportunity to practice)

41. Four stages of accelerated learning

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42. The creator of the theory of three types of learning - knowledge - skills - and attitudes
Benjamin Bloom
Organization - process - and job/performer.
Hypothetical
Kurt Lewin's forcefield analysis

43. The two criteria for a successful training program that must be accounted for by the WLP professional
Kurt Lewin's forcefield analysis
Seels and Glasgow instructional systems design model
Current organization climate - available resources
Asynchronous

44. Open questions
Separation of place - time - or both among learners - instructors - and learning resources; Interactions are conducted through one or mode media.
Dictatorship - anarchy - democracy
Rehersal
Questions that stimulate discussion

45. The instrument where participants rate two contrasting ideas or words by circling points on a line
Establish scope - create plan - implement plan - monitor/evaluate/revise plan
Split-half
Validity
Semantic differential

46. The fifth component of the ASTD HPI model
Technology - new products - shareholders - financial conditions - system challenges - process challenges - policies
A measure of the variability of scores from the mean
Solution Implementation
Socratic questioning

47. The components of the action learning formula
Numbers or variables used to rank order a system
Data that has been given context
L = P + Q + R. Learning - Programmed instruction - Questioning - Reflection
Visual - Auditory - and Kinestethic

48. The seven characteristics of good dialog
Behavorism
Surveys
Knowledge that has been documented - includes books - manuals - training courses - job aids - software rules - databases - etc.
Relevance - inquiry - freedom - connectedness - reception - empowerment - play

49. PERT
Disengagement - disidentification - disorientation - and disenchantment.
Engage learner's attention - present materials as input to brain - practice with ideas and skills - review to create new connections and applications
Program Evaluation Review Technique. A diagramming technique that enables project managers to estimate a range of task durations by estimating optomistic - pessimistic - and likely durations for each task.
Benefit-to-cost ratio (Total Benefit / Total Program Cost)

50. The six steps in a training needs assessment
Defining objectives - identifying necessary data - selecting data collection methods - collecting data - analyzing and confirming data - and reporting on the data
A visual tools used to systematically describe actions/behaviors in a sequential flow - including all the steps and tasks for that process flow.
Characteristics of adults as learners (CAL) conceptual framework
Robert Mager