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Reaction, Evaluation of

See Level 1 Evaluation – Reaction.

Reading

A presentation method in which learners cover teaching points by reading about them rather than by having the instructor present them.

Recall/Recognition Questions

Require learners to remember information that was presented previously. They involve the lower cognitive levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy, i.e., Knowledge and Comprehension.

References

One of FKA’s performance parameters. It identifies any documentation used in performing an ability.

Reliability

Measures the ability of a test to produce consistent scores or classifications. It is one of the most important criteria of the quality of a test. There are five types of reliability:

• Decision consistency
• Alternate forms reliability
• Test-retest reliability
• Internal consistency
• Interrater reliability

Results can only be considered reliable if the sample size tested is large enough.

Remote Delivery

One part of the local vs. remote consideration for selecting an instructional strategy. It answers: “Are learners in one area or spread out geographically?” If learners are spread across a wide area, even across the globe, some form of e-learning might be the most cost effective solution.

Response

The behavior of a learner when asked a question or when requested to perform some activity.

Results, Evaluation of

See Level 4 Evaluation – Results.

Retention

Skills and knowledge that remain in the learner's repertoire after some time has passed.

Return on Investment

See ROI.

ROI

The total benefit of an intervention divided by the cost. An ROI of greater than 1 indicates more benefit than cost.

Role Playing

An application method in which learners are assigned roles and asked to act out a real life situation using guidelines provided by the instructor. It can be relatively structured or spontaneous. Two examples of role playing are: multiple role playing and role rotation.

Role Rotation

Players in a role play switch allowing different people to each have a turn playing the various roles.

RSS

Stands for: RDF (Reserve Description Framework) Site Summary, or Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a protocol which provides an open method of publishing Web content. Using RSS files, publishers create a data feed that supplies headlines, links, and article summaries from their Web site. Subscribers automatically receive this data feed.

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