Chapter 4 Homework Assignment

What learning condition do you think is most necessary for learning to occur? Which is least critical? Why? Most necessary- Practice and feedback. Least critical- identifying prerequisites. I believe that for a training exercise to be successful the trainees need to be shown how do perform. Then they need enough time for practice and feedback, so they know where they need to improve. Making sure trainees that the right prerequisites only helps in making the training easier for the trainees to understand and complete. Depending on the type of training it may not be necessary.

What value would it be to know that you were going to be training a class of persons between the ages of 20 and 35? Would it influence the approach you would take? How? Yes, this information would influence my approach. Knowing the ages of your trainees allow you to determine what learning style you are going to use and how you use it. Since this group has Nexters and Gen Xers the training would probly revolve around teamwork and technology with a lot of hands on practice and feedback.

How do instructional objectives help learning to occur? Noe says, "Different internal and external conditions are necessary for learning outcomes. Internal conditions refer to processes within the learner that must be present for learning to occur. These processes include how information is registered, stored in memory, and recalled. External conditions refer to processes in the learning environment that facilitate learning. These conditions include the physical learning environment as well as opportunities to practice and to receive feedback and reinforcement.

Can allowing trainees to make errors in training be useful? Explain. I believe that trainees making errors in training is very important. One of the best ways to learn is by mistakes. We learn from our own mistakes and others. It is also useful, because it can be less stressful and is less destructive to a company if errors are made during the training process instead of in the real work force.

Detailed lesson plans have important information for trainers. List the different types of information found in a detailed lesson plan. Also, indicate the importance of each type of information for learning. Each of these types of information are important, because if they weren't important then they wouldn't be listed. Learning Objectives/Outcomes (important), Target Audience (less important), Prerequisites (important), Time (very important), Lesson Outline (important), Activity (less important), Support Materials (very important), Physical Environment (less important), Preparation (important), Lesson Topic (less important), Evaluation (important), Transfer and Retention (important).