Economics 2152A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Five Ws, Resource Allocation, Content Validity

• School: Western University
• Department: Economics
• Course: Economics 2152A/B
• Professor: Jeannie Gillmore

Document Summary

Learning & motivation / training design (chapters 3 + 5) Learning objectives must follow the 5 w"s and smart. Focus on the learner, the verbs and the measurement. Learning is the process of acquiring knowledge and skills. Learning outcomes according to gagn theres 5 categories : 1. Learning happens in a logical sequence: declarative learning specific facts and info, resource dependent, knowledge compilation integrating tasks into sequences, fragmented and piecemeal performance, procedural (task mastery) automatic, resource-insensitive. Resource allocation theory individuals possess limited cognitive resources that can be used to learn a new task. Conditioning theory pos/neg reinforcement, conditioned/unconditioned responses . Social cognitive theory modeling observed behaviors (observation, self- efficacy, self-regulation) Sensory memory (through attention/pattern recognition) short-term memory (encoding/retrieval) long-term memory. At all stages there is loss! through decay, displacement decay and interference lost cues. Learning happens in chunks/stages, learning is processing info (encoding) Predicts leaning (direction, intensity and persistence of learning behavior)