Fact finding rather than fault finding procedure that looks for causes of accidents, which leads to analyzing causes in order to prevent similar accidents
Accident investigation
ADDIE
acronym for a planning model that includes the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation steps. used in program, curriculum and course design
Body of law created by an administrative agency in the form of rules, regulations, orders and decision to adminster regulatory powers and duties of the agency
Administrative law
Learning domain that involves emotions, feelings, and attitudes
Affective Domain
Voluntary, private, nonprofit membership standards setting org hat examines and certifies existing standards and new standards with the mission of making the US economy more competitive in the worlds market
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Professional society representing all areas of public service and advocates greater effectiveness in government
American Society for Public Administration ASPA
Voluntary standards settin org that establishes characteristics and performance criteria for materials, products, sysytems, and services
American Soceity for Testing and Materials ASTM
Professional safety org composed of members who manage, suprevised, and consult on safety, health and environmnetal issues in industry, insurance, government and education
American Society of Safety Engineers ASSE
Ability to divide information into its most basic components
Analysis
Study of adult education and its methods of teaching and learning
Andragogy
lesson plan component where the instructor provides opportunitites for students to practice or apply cognitive information to skills learned in a lesson: also the abiltiy to put info to use in actual situations
Application
Proces used to determine the knowledge, skills and abilities of a student by observation and application of special activities including quizzes, exams, oral tests, and similar testing devices
Assessment
Element of the listening process that involves paying attention to a message, focusing on the speaker and ignoring other distractions
Attending
Description of the minimum acceptable behavior that a student must perform by the end of an instructional period.
Behavioral Objective
Division of an occupation that includes related tasks with common factors
Block
Teaching method in which a group of students is given a problem or situation and then given time to determine a solution to it
Brainstorming
Budget that includes funds for projected major purchases_items that cost more than a certain specidfied amount of money and are expected to last more than one year, usually 3 or more years
Capital Budget
Description of a real or hypothetical problem that an org or an individual has dealt with or could deal with
Case study
US government agency responsible for the collection and analysis of data regarding disease and health trends
CDC
Condition in which a person has successfully completed specific criteria and has been designated as capable of performing specific functions, dutiews and tasks
Certified
Process in which instructors direct the skills performance of students by observing, evaluating, and making suggestions for improvement
coaching
Body of law established either by legislation or administrative agencies with rule making authority: designed to regulate
Code
Organized group of ethical behavior guidelines that govern day to day activities of a profession and organization or an individual
code of Ethics
Formal name given to the books or documents conatining the specific US regulations provided by law
Code of Federal Regulations
General concept that refers to all forms of knowing, including, perceiving, imagining, reasoning and judging
Cognition
Learning domain that emphasizes thought rather than feeling ormovement and involves the learning of concepts and principles
Cognitive Domain
Two way process of transmitting and receiving some type of mesage
Communication
Management process for establishing and implementing mechanisms to ensure that objectives are attained
Controlling
Ability to understand the feelings and attitudes of another person
Empathy
Periodic test that typically measures improvement and gives an instructor and students feedback on their learning progress during a course rather than at the end
Formative test
Type of handout or fact sheet that provides additional background info on a topic supplemental to the info proveded in the text or other course resources.
Information sheet
In the communication process, those factors that prevent the receiver from fully receiving a message: may be created by either internal or extrenal sources
Interference
Usually the result of legal precedent or a judicial decision: decision that serve as rules for future determinations in similar cases
Judiciary law
Effect that occurs when the width of a projected image is wider at the top than at the bottome
Keystoning
Distinct sphere or area of knowledge, such as cognitive, psychomotor, or affective
learning domain
High level or nearly coplete degree of proficiency in the performance of a skill based on criteria stated in objectives
mastery
In the communication process, path that the message takes between the sender and receiver
Medium
In the communication process, information or idea transmitted and received through all or most of the senses
message
Certification and accreditation org with the purpose of establishing an internationally recognized means of ackowledging professional achevement in the fire and emergency services: primary goal is the accrediation of orgs that certify uniform members of c
National Board on Fire Service Professsional Qualifications
Which of the following types of training should consider soil conditions, permit requirements, weather conditions and access limitations
Trench shoring and rescue
When the aspects of affective domain need to be taught or reinforced, this type of structured exercise is particularly helpful
Role play
This test is given at the beginning of instruction to measure a students current level of knowledge in order to measure readiness or determine placement
Prescriptive
This test is viewed as quizzes that are given throughout the course or unit of instruction
Formative
These tests compare performance against written standards
Criterion-referenced tests
This type of test measures student achievement in an entire area over a long period of time
Summative
Advantages of interpretive exercises are
Complex levels of learning may be tested
The testing process becomes interesting and appealing to all student learning styles
Material may be tested in great depth
What is the only valid method of measuring a students ability to perform manipulative skills
Performance test
the simple process of examining response for each item to determine the distribution of responses
Distracter analysis
The discrimination index for good test items should:
Always be a positive number and as large as possible
When using a difficulty index with criterion referenced tests, which number is the best result
0.7
The consistency and accuracy of test measurements is:
Reliability
This type of test is designed to determine student-learning difficulties
Diagnostic
When the discrimination value for test items is a negative number, what does that indicate
The itme does not discriminate in a meaningful manner
The majority of tests written for fire and emergency services personnel are:
Criterion based
What type of test assesses the students ability to perform a test within a specific time
Speeded test
When a test needs to measure manipulative skills in the psychomotor domain, which type of test should be used:
Performance or skill test
Is the act of assigning value to the score
Scoring
Test designed to measure improved progress or learning problems that are hampering progress
Formative or progress test
Test that rates student performance compared to other students based on broad sampling
Norm-referenced tests
This technique allows students to experience the process used in organizational decision making and requires that ideas be realistic
nominal group process
When leading a discussion, what is the role of the gate keeper
to ensure that all students have an opportunity to speak and no one dominates the discussion
What term refers to the extent to which a test measures what it was designed to measure
Validity
What type of test measures student achievement in an entire area covered over a long period of time
Summative
What type of test is given at the beginning of instruction to establish the students current level of knowledge in order to measure readiness or determine placement
Prescriptive
which term refers to a condition that ensures that the test is dependable b providing the same results every time it is administered
Reliability
Which type of test is viewed as quizzes that are given throughout the course or unit of instruction
Formative
What scans and prints a reduced size copy of material drawn or printed on the board and is a versatile variation of the dry erase marker board
Electronic copyboard
What term refers to a simulation that displays a fireld or view as if the participant is part of the simulated enviornment
Virtual reality
What can be constructed from parts removed from scrapped or salvaged vehicles
Display board
What term should be avoided during a verbal transition
Finally
What is an excellent medium for illustrating mechanical or spatial concepts
models
Consists of a small video camera mounted vertically over a table top platform
Visual presenters/displays
What sequencing method begins with an overview of the entire topic or demonstration of the complete skill in real time
Whole-to-part
What sequencing method begins by teaching the basic knowledge or skills and then introducing more difficult or complex knowledge as the lesson progresses
Simple to complex
What seating arrangements permits students to easily see and hear the instructor and works effectively in small groups
Fan
What component of a lesson plan consists of a short descriptive title of the information covered
Job or Topic
What seating arrangements provides space for meal functions, discussion groups, or small group meetings
Round tables
What component of a lesson plan provides a summary of the information to be taught
Lesson Outline
What seating arrangement is best used for small to medium sized groups where discussion is the primary method of teaching and is NOT useful when students are expected to take notes
Circled Chairs
What seating arrangment arranges students in fixed seating that permanently faces the stage or lectern and permits only the interaction betweeen students and instructor
Auditoreum or theatre
What is the process of giving motivational correction, postive reinformcement and constructive feedback to students
Coaching
What law of learning states the principle that the first of a series of learned acts would be remembered better than others
Primacy
What are the steps of learning in the psychomotore domain
1. Observation 2. Imitation 3. Adaptation 4. Performance 5. Perfection
What learning method involves seeing the whole picture and forming relationships between concepts, events or things
Global or holistic
Cone of Learning
Students remember:
10 % of what they read
20% of what they hear
30% of what they see
50% of what they see and hear
70% of what they say or repeat
90% of what they say while doing what they are talking about
What learning method involves recognizing common qualitites in similar but different experiences
Abstract or symbolic
What level of learning in the cognitive domain involves remembering, rrecalling, and recognizing previously learned facts and theories
Knowledge
What component of the listening process involves decoding the message and assigning meaning to it
Understanding
What basic element of interpersonal communication originates a message by encoding or turning thoughts and mental images into words
Sender
What element of interpersonal communication ccauses the messages effect to be obvious to the sender by the auditory, visual, gestural, or tactile response of the receiver
Feedback
Which law created the equal employment opportunity law or EEOC
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
What term refers to liability that is placed on the employer for the acs and omissions of employees during the normal course of their employment
Vicarious liability
Refers to a body of law established either by legislative or administrative agencies with rule making authority that is designed to regulate, within its scope, the topic to which it relates
Code
Which law restricts access to personal information such as personnel files and student grades
Buckley amendment
Which law progibits certain questions of job applicants
Americans with Disabilities Act
Which type of law is created by regulatory agencies
Administrative Law