This assignment lets you begin practical consideration of concepts of education and training.

1. From your experience, select and narrow a course topic and target audience. Think about a 1-hour course session, or plan for students to study and work for about 1 hour, if self-directed. Create a brief statement of key information, based on your knowledge of the topic, the audience, any problem or opportunity that might be addressed in the course, and the learning environment.
2. Create at least 2 correctly written terminal performance objectives, using the ABCD Model approach, that your learners will be expected to meet during the course. Note: Review the Quick Reference Guide to Developing Cognitive Learning Objectives
3. Discuss at least 3 ways in which your instructional design project may be different, if you use the competency-based learning model, rather than the more traditional ADDIE model.
4. Discuss the advantages and difficulties in using terminal performance objectives that address the affective domain, rather than the cognitive domain.
5. Explain how you would use Gagne’s 9 events of instruction with an adult audience, in a face-to-face setting, and compare and contrast your methodology with the use of the model with a group of online high school students.
6. What data do you want to study to tell you the effectiveness of an eighth-grade class? Why? What data do you want to study to tell you the effectiveness of a training program for first-line supervisors? Why?

Your response should use an appropriate organization approach and format. 5-7pages

For this assignment only, APA documentation format is not required.  Use the proper APA format for any associated references.

Throughout the course, the student should use APA format for both document form and references, unless otherwise instructed.

 

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Measurement Application Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to apply the information from Chapters 3 and 4 to a behavior of your choosing. In this regard, you will need to select a behavior, operationally define the behavior, and choose an appropriate measurement system. You do not need to actually measure the behavior.

Assignment – Due by 8:30 pm on data indicated on syllabus – upload to eCourseware dropbox

Begin your paper by briefly describing the behavior of interest. Who is the person (pseudonyms are appropriate)? What is the behavior they engage in that needs to be changed? What are the circumstances under which the behavior tends to occur?

Following this introduction, you will need to

1. Identifying appropriate target behavior
   • Describe how the target behavior you selected for change adheres to the guidelines outlined in Chapter 3 (specifically, look at pages 56-61)
2. Operational definition
   • Develop an operational definition of the target behavior. Explain how your operational definition meets the criteria for a good definition. Identify whether your definition is a function-based or topography-based definition, and defend your choice.
3. Measurement selection
   • Describe how you will measure the behavior. What will be the length of your observation and why? What is the important measurable dimension of the target behavior (e.g., rate, latency, irt)? Explain why this measurable dimension is important relative to other possible dimensions.
4. Measurement procedure
   • Describe the specific observation and recording procedure you will use for the target behavior. For example, will you use event recording or interval recording. If interval, what type of procedure will you use (Whole? Partial? Momentary time sampling?)? Explain how you would use this procedure, and defend your choice of procedure. Will the procedure you select involve continuous or discontinuous measurement?
5. Data sheet
   • Develop and attach a data sheet that you might use for observation and recording. This data sheet should reflect the recording procedure you describe and should be designed for efficient recording. You may search online for examples, but the data sheet should be your own creation.

Grading Template

3 = information is clear, complete, and appropriate

2 = most, but not all, information is clearly and appropriately addressed in a way that is specific to the application

1 = addressed somewhat, but information is incompletely, unclearly, and/or only generally described to a large extent

0 = not addressed

Provides an overview of the person of interest, the target behavior, and the circumstances under which behavior tends to occur.

Score: 0 1 2 3

Comments:

Section 1 – TARGET BEHAVIOR

Score: 0 1 2 3

Comments:

Section 2 – OPERATIONAL DEFINITION

Score: 0 1 2 3

Comments:

Section 3 – MEASUREMENT SELECTION

Score: 0 1 2 3

Comments:

Section 4 – MEASUREMENT DESCRIPTION

Score: 0 1 2 3

Comments:

Section 5 – DATA SHEET

Score: 0 1 2 3

Comments:

Overall presentation:

2-Information is well organized, grammatically correct, and free of typos

1-Organization is somewhat difficult to follow, paper contains extraneous information (not relevant), and/or paper contains some errors

0-Confusing organization and/or numerous typographical, grammatical, or conceptual errors

Final Score _____/20

 

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