Navy Instructor Training
NIT 2
Terms
NIT 3
NIT 4
100
What is the purpose of the Navy Training System?
To ensure a systematic approach for determining what to train and how best to accomplish that training.
100
What is Responsibility for security?
Never discuss any classified materials not in the approved curriculum. Never present or discuss information that carries a higher security classification than that of the approved curriculum. Make sure you can account for classified training materials or references used in the training environment at all times. Immediately report any situation you suspect may constitute a security violation.
100
What is Curriculum?
All training conducted within a school, outlined into specific topics, along with detailed training objectives.
100
What is the ultimate goal of instruction?
To cause students to remain motivated beyond the instructors influence and apply what they have learned on the job.
100
Describe five factors that must be considered in planning instructional delivery.
Articulation Grammar Rate of Speech Inflection Force
200
What is the most essential, single link in the training chain?
The instructor
200
What is Responsibility for curriculum?
Curriculum maintenance is an ongoing effort to ensure the course curriculum is both current and accurate. Any deficiency noted as a result of surveillance requires a change to the curriculum or training.
200
What is Surveillance?
A process that provides ongoing evaluation of training or training materials to ensure continued effectiveness and currency of content to meet the training requirements.
200
What are barriers to effective communication?
Lack of Common Core Experience Overuse of Abstractions Fear Environmental Factors
200
How does motivation affect student learning?
has as much or more impact than scholastic ability. Students bring different abilities and experience levels to the training environment. It can also determine whether or not the student master's the subject.
300
What are the three qualities of an efficient and effective instructor?
Knowledge, ability, and personality -You must have many types of knowledge to be both efficient and effective as an instructor. -You should have two basic types of ability: Leadership and instructional. -Personality is defined as the pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of an individual.
300
What is Revision?
A change to any course learning/terminal objective, an increase in course length, or any changes that requires additional resources.
300
What is Interim Change?
A minor change to correct editorial and typographical errors, teachability, safety, or urgent type commander-issued subjects.
300
Listening is one of the most important communication skills, why?
It is an active process of hearing and understanding that demands concentration and attention. Both you and your students have responsibilities in the communication process.
300
What is the purpose of the 3-step communication process?
1. Sending the message a. Formulate the message b. Consider the barriers c. Encode the message d. Communicate (SEND) the message 2. Receiving the message a. Hear or see the message b. Overcome barriers c. Decode the message d. Interpret the message 3. Feedback a. Use oral questions b. Identify non-verbal behavior c. Facial expressions / body movements
400
What is your responsibility to the Students?
To teach effectively, set a good example for them to follow, and help them resolve conflicts that hinder their training.
400
What are the five different ways of learning?
Imitation Trial and Error Association Insight Transfer
400
What is Change?
A modification to training materials that DOES NOT affect course objectives, increase course length, or require additional resources.
400
What are the the five laws of learning?
Law of Readiness Law of Effect Law of Primacy Law of Exercise Law of Intensity
400
What are the six common characteristics all students possess?
Maturity Success Evaluation Fallibility Fair Play Recognition
500
What is your Responsibility to training safety?
You must demonstrate proper safety procedures in addition to teaching them. Be aware that your behavior often has greater impact on students than do your words. You have no greater responsibility.
500
What are the key principles to applying motivation theory in a training situation?
Needs and drives, interest, values, attitudes, incentives and achievement.
500
What is Technical Change?
Any change to tactical (i.e. shipboard) or training-unique equipment or documentation. A technical change may or may not affect individual lesson objectives, but DOES NOT affect course objectives, course length, or resources.
500
What are the four basic learning styles?
Concrete Active Reflective Abstract
500
What are five techniques which can assist in developing motivational strategies for instruction?
1. Make the subject matter interesting, establish goals, provide informative feedback, show interest in your students, and encourage participation. 2. Plan motivational strategies to keep the lesson interesting. To Promote interest, use a variety of materials while instructing. 3. Ensure that you present the objectives for each block of instruction so that students will understand exactly what they are expected to be able to do as a result of training. 4. Use appropriate questioning techniques to determine the students comprehension level and provide to appropriate feedback to correct discrepancies or positive feedback to increase motivation. 5. Be sure you give recognition for proper student behavior and achievements. Also be sure to point out student errors and how to correct them. 6. Be open to student contributions and points of view.