Training Design
The first of three stages in the program/training design process
What is pretraining?
Level 1 of Kirkpatrick's framework
What are reactions?
A traditional training method in which trainees are passive recipients of information
What is the presentation (lecture) method?
Formal education, job experiences, relationships, and assessments of personality and skills that help employees prepare for the future
What is development?
A characteristic of a good training room
What is: (could be any of the following:)
Comfortable, quiet, private, room to move, good visibility, workspace, free from interruptions
The failure to measure training outcomes that were emphasized in the training objectives
What is criterion deficiency?
A disadvantage of on the job training
What is: inconsistency (e.g., pass on bad habits); trainers are not properly trained to train?
A term used to describe a career based on self-direction
What is a protean career?
A training room seating arrangement that would be ideal for conducting a short lecture followed by trainee time to engage in role-playing
What is a classroom with breakout rooms?
The type of training evaluation that usually takes place during program design and produces qualitative data
What is formative evaluation?
A type of hands-on training that involves real-life situations where trainee decisions result in outcomes that mirror what would happen on the job
The first step in the development planning process
What is self-assessment?
One of the two learning components that determine what kind of training room arrangement is best
What is: collaboration or self-direction?
The threat to internal validity that refers to different dropout rates between groups
What is mortality?
The technology training method that may be best suited to teaching facts, figures, and cognitive strategies
What is: online training, MOOCs, or mobile learning?
A formal process for identifying, developing, and tracking employees who can move into different positions
What is succession planning?
The ability to apply learned capabilities exactly in a work situation
What is near transfer?
The type of training evaluation design that controls for most threats to validity
What is pretest/post-test with comparison group?
A training method that would be well-suited for teaching complex processes related to operating machinery or tools
What is: simulations, games, or adaptive training?
One of the career functions of mentoring
What is: sponsorship; exposure and visibility; protection; challenging assignments?