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Face-to-Face (F2F)

Instructors and learners are in the same location at the same time, e.g., traditional classroom instruction.

Factor

See Population Factor.

Facilitation

The art of leading people through processes towards agreed-upon objectives in a manner that encourages participation, ownership and creativity by all those involved.

Fairness

See Test Fairness.

Feedback

(1) Completes the systematic learning process—Presentation, Application and Feedback (PAF)—by providing information to the learners about their performance of the application. For example: accuracy, rate, correctness, effectiveness, etc.

(2) One of eight performance factors; lack of feedback or ineffective feedback can result in poor performance.

Field Test

A complete trial run of the test with a sample of test-takers to determine the adequacy and usability of the test itself as well as all the test procedures.

Field Trip

A field trip is a carefully arranged event in which a group of learners visits an object or place of interest for first-hand observation and study.

Fill-in-the-Blank Item

See Completion Item.

Focus Group

A data collection method using a small group of people from the target population. They are led through a structured interview process for the purpose of developing their individual and group ideas, opinions or recommendations.

Formal Training

The training intervention, which along with bridging activities, allows learners to meet the performance objectives.

Formative Evaluation (of program materials)

Validation of learning materials conducted during its early, formative stages for the purpose of revising materials before widespread use. See also developmental testing and piloting.

Forming

The first stage in group development. During forming, the group establishes its boundaries, terms of reference and goals.

Frequency

In FKA’s Instructional Systems Design Methodology, frequency is one of three characteristics used to rate the relative priority of tasks, capabilities, abilities and components. The other two characteristics are criticality and difficulty.

Frequency Distribution

A tabular or graphical representation of a set of data, e.g., the number of times a given test score or group of scores occurs.

Functional Areas