INSTRUCTOR TRAINING GPSTC FINAL EXAM ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Principle of Recency - ✔✔Practicing a skill just before using it will ensure a more
effective performance
✔✔Principles of Adult Learning - ✔✔1.) Start at the Level of Student's Understanding
2.) Emphasize and Support Teaching Points
3.) Create and Maintain Student Interest
4.) Provide for a Sense of Success
5.) Provide Meaningful Participation
6.) Reinforce Learning
✔✔When Presenting Theoretical Material... - ✔✔The instructor should divide material
into logical stages and present each stage at a rate understandable to the students
✔✔Apprehensive Adult Learners - ✔✔1.) Mandated or Directed to Attend
2.) Poor Performance = Embarrassment
3.) Supervisors or Co-workers
4.) Resistant to Change
5.) Economic Livelihood
✔✔Student Factors Influencing the Adult Learning Process - ✔✔1.) Attitude
a.) Shift Work
b.) Personal Issues
c.) Other Reasons
2.) Experience
3.) Knowledge
4.) Education
5.) Personality
6.) Physical Condition
,✔✔Instructor Factors Influencing the Teaching Process - ✔✔1.) Attitude
a.) Negative
i.) An expert
ii.) Total Control
b.) Positive
i.) Sincere and Patient
ii.) Enthusiastic
iii.) Professional Attitude
2.) Experience
3.) Knowledge
4.) Education
5.) Personality
6.) Physical Condition
✔✔Principles of Instructor/Student Contact - ✔✔1.) Be Patient
2.) Don't Bluff
3.) Don't Talk Over Their Heads
4.) Don't Use Profanity/Obscenity
5.) Don't Use Sarcasm or Ridicule
6.) Don't Talk Down to the Class
✔✔Effective Communication - ✔✔The passing of information between one person and
another that is mutually understood, and it results in the other person behaving in a
manner which demonstrates his/her understanding
✔✔Two Elements of Effective Communication - ✔✔First Element: The meaning is
understood by the receiver in the same way it is understood by the sender
Second Element: Knowledge of the receivers understanding is passed back to the
sender form of feedback
✔✔The Process of Communication - ✔✔Encoding
Transmission
Receiving
Decoding
Feedback
, ✔✔Encoding - ✔✔The translation of experience/concept into symbols
✔✔Transmission - ✔✔Translation of encoded symbol into observable behavior
✔✔Receiving - ✔✔Brain interprets symbol from sender
✔✔Decoding - ✔✔Same process as encoding for sender
✔✔Feedback - ✔✔Receiver responds to sender/self-correcting mechanism
✔✔One-way Communication - ✔✔The sender tells the receiver; end of communication
✔✔Two-way Communication - ✔✔The receiver can ask questions for clarification
✔✔Ways to Encourage Two-Way Communication - ✔✔Ask directed questions
Build in group/activity discussions
Avoid a lecture-only approach
✔✔Three Factors that Influence Perception - ✔✔1.) Past Experience
2.) Motivation
3.) Social Context
✔✔Various Factors in Communication - ✔✔1.) Symbolic Communication
- Clothes
- Jewelry
- Hairy style
- Other Symbol
2.) Verbal Communication
3.) Nonverbal Communication
✔✔Proxemics - ✔✔Fixed-feature space
Semi-fixed space
Personal space
✔✔Vocal Chararcteristics - ✔✔Pitch
Rate of Speech
Silent Pauses
Volume
✔✔Body Language - ✔✔Eye contact
Body gestures
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Principle of Recency - ✔✔Practicing a skill just before using it will ensure a more
effective performance
✔✔Principles of Adult Learning - ✔✔1.) Start at the Level of Student's Understanding
2.) Emphasize and Support Teaching Points
3.) Create and Maintain Student Interest
4.) Provide for a Sense of Success
5.) Provide Meaningful Participation
6.) Reinforce Learning
✔✔When Presenting Theoretical Material... - ✔✔The instructor should divide material
into logical stages and present each stage at a rate understandable to the students
✔✔Apprehensive Adult Learners - ✔✔1.) Mandated or Directed to Attend
2.) Poor Performance = Embarrassment
3.) Supervisors or Co-workers
4.) Resistant to Change
5.) Economic Livelihood
✔✔Student Factors Influencing the Adult Learning Process - ✔✔1.) Attitude
a.) Shift Work
b.) Personal Issues
c.) Other Reasons
2.) Experience
3.) Knowledge
4.) Education
5.) Personality
6.) Physical Condition
,✔✔Instructor Factors Influencing the Teaching Process - ✔✔1.) Attitude
a.) Negative
i.) An expert
ii.) Total Control
b.) Positive
i.) Sincere and Patient
ii.) Enthusiastic
iii.) Professional Attitude
2.) Experience
3.) Knowledge
4.) Education
5.) Personality
6.) Physical Condition
✔✔Principles of Instructor/Student Contact - ✔✔1.) Be Patient
2.) Don't Bluff
3.) Don't Talk Over Their Heads
4.) Don't Use Profanity/Obscenity
5.) Don't Use Sarcasm or Ridicule
6.) Don't Talk Down to the Class
✔✔Effective Communication - ✔✔The passing of information between one person and
another that is mutually understood, and it results in the other person behaving in a
manner which demonstrates his/her understanding
✔✔Two Elements of Effective Communication - ✔✔First Element: The meaning is
understood by the receiver in the same way it is understood by the sender
Second Element: Knowledge of the receivers understanding is passed back to the
sender form of feedback
✔✔The Process of Communication - ✔✔Encoding
Transmission
Receiving
Decoding
Feedback
, ✔✔Encoding - ✔✔The translation of experience/concept into symbols
✔✔Transmission - ✔✔Translation of encoded symbol into observable behavior
✔✔Receiving - ✔✔Brain interprets symbol from sender
✔✔Decoding - ✔✔Same process as encoding for sender
✔✔Feedback - ✔✔Receiver responds to sender/self-correcting mechanism
✔✔One-way Communication - ✔✔The sender tells the receiver; end of communication
✔✔Two-way Communication - ✔✔The receiver can ask questions for clarification
✔✔Ways to Encourage Two-Way Communication - ✔✔Ask directed questions
Build in group/activity discussions
Avoid a lecture-only approach
✔✔Three Factors that Influence Perception - ✔✔1.) Past Experience
2.) Motivation
3.) Social Context
✔✔Various Factors in Communication - ✔✔1.) Symbolic Communication
- Clothes
- Jewelry
- Hairy style
- Other Symbol
2.) Verbal Communication
3.) Nonverbal Communication
✔✔Proxemics - ✔✔Fixed-feature space
Semi-fixed space
Personal space
✔✔Vocal Chararcteristics - ✔✔Pitch
Rate of Speech
Silent Pauses
Volume
✔✔Body Language - ✔✔Eye contact
Body gestures
