PSY331 Final Assessment Scenario
The final assessment for this course is a Final Written Assignment and a short Presentation,
pitching your paper’s ideas. The purpose of the paper is for you to cultivate and apply the
learning you have achieved in the course by presenting and teaching the information to others in
the workforce. The purpose of your Final Assessment will be to “sell your idea” of how to train
the material to your assigned employee group to your “boss” (instructor) through the use of a
screencast presentation.
The Final Written Assignment represents 25% of the overall course grade.
The Final Presentation represents 5% of the overall course grade.
Final Assessment Scenario
You are a training specialist, one of many within your company. You have been asked to design
a training module for managers on how to meet the learning needs of their departmental
employees. If chosen as the training module for the company, you will be granted a substantial
bonus and a raise. You are to base your paper on what you have learned about “LEARNING”
and the Steps included in the assignment prompt. Below are the parameters for the scenario:
Use principles from the following areas of learning psychology.
Behaviorism Cognitivism Constructivism Humanism
You will be training managers about the importance of understanding their
employees’ learning styles and needs.
Here are the employees you will be training:
Jane
Director of Web Development.
Jane is an African American female who is 41 years of age. She has been with the company for
16 years. She has seen many a manager, as well as work policies, come and so she can be very
apprehensive to change. She is excellent at spelling but forgets names. She dresses very
professional and takes her job very serious. In her presentations she tends to use charts and
graphs to explain to her employees what she wants to accomplish. She has very positive-efficacy
about her job ability. She loves to read and spends many hours researching best practices in her
field.
John
Director of Organizational Development and Management Revitalization.
Learning
Needs
Productivity
John is a 23 year old Asian American and the lead developer of research for X company. He is
well-acquainted with providing clients with superior leadership during critical transition phases,
including hiring professional and technical staff, implementing budget reductions, writing
business plans, and installing effective management information systems. However, he has a
tendency to be considered a “slacker”, by some, since he wears his ipod all day while working.
He tends to always be moving around and is a “do-er”. He loves to get involved with a group,
but he can get very bored if the group is not actively moving forward. Being with the company
only 3 years, John is still proving himself and can often be viewed as a “brown-noser” to others.
He has posi ...
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1. PSY331 Final Assessment Scenario
The final assessment for this course is a Final Written
Assignment and a short Presentation,
pitching your paper’s ideas. The purpose of the paper is for you
to cultivate and apply the
learning you have achieved in the course by presenting and
teaching the information to others in
the workforce. The purpose of your Final Assessment will be to
“sell your idea” of how to train
the material to your assigned employee group to your “boss”
(instructor) through the use of a
screencast presentation.
course grade.
grade.
Final Assessment Scenario
You are a training specialist, one of many within your company.
You have been asked to design
a training module for managers on how to meet the learning
2. needs of their departmental
employees. If chosen as the training module for the company,
you will be granted a substantial
bonus and a raise. You are to base your paper on what you have
learned about “LEARNING”
and the Steps included in the assignment prompt. Below are the
parameters for the scenario:
Use principles from the following areas of learning psychology.
Behaviorism Cognitivism Constructivism Humanism
You will be training managers about the importance of
understanding their
employees’ learning styles and needs.
Here are the employees you will be training:
Jane
Director of Web Development.
Jane is an African American female who is 41 years of age. She
has been with the company for
16 years. She has seen many a manager, as well as work
policies, come and so she can be very
apprehensive to change. She is excellent at spelling but forgets
3. names. She dresses very
professional and takes her job very serious. In her presentations
she tends to use charts and
graphs to explain to her employees what she wants to
accomplish. She has very positive-efficacy
about her job ability. She loves to read and spends many hours
researching best practices in her
field.
John
Director of Organizational Development and Management
Revitalization.
Learning
Needs
Productivity
John is a 23 year old Asian American and the lead developer of
research for X company. He is
well-acquainted with providing clients with superior leadership
during critical transition phases,
including hiring professional and technical staff, implementing
budget reductions, writing
business plans, and installing effective management information
systems. However, he has a
4. tendency to be considered a “slacker”, by some, since he wears
his ipod all day while working.
He tends to always be moving around and is a “do-er”. He
loves to get involved with a group,
but he can get very bored if the group is not actively moving
forward. Being with the company
only 3 years, John is still proving himself and can often be
viewed as a “brown-noser” to others.
He has positive-efficacy overall but does lack efficacy within
his job based on how he believes
others view his abilities.
Jody
Director of Communications and Public Relations.
Jody is a 37 year old Caucasian single mother of three. She has
been with the company for 10
years. She is very good at explaining herself verbally and
appears to be very comfortable with
communications in a group. Her after-work hobbies include
active involvement in the
Community Theatre and taking care of her children. With her
busy schedule, Jody does not enjoy
reading and prefers to listen to audio tapes and watch videos of
the information she is learning.
5. Jimmy
Director of Safety Management
Jimmy demands logic, sequential, analytical, rational and
objective ways of thinking, and is
detail oriented which is often frustrating to others. He is 37
years old and just recently took a step
down due to his health. He is having a few minor problems
adjusting to this change but is overall
a very positive employee. He is very intelligent but has low-
self-efficacy and tends toward
helplessness. It has been a rough year for Jimmy. He has
difficulty verbalizing hos thoughts but
is excellent at organizing and developing ways to complete a
job.
Jaqez
Director of International Sales & Marketing
Jaqez is creative but not detailed. She thinks out of the box and
6. seems to have no problems
learning in any way. She is a 41 year old African American
female who has been the leading
consultant in marketing and new business development for both
CDE's national and international
markets. With over 20 years of experience in international
product sales, and applying a strong
expertise in data-driven, long-term strategic planning, she is
very experienced and self-taught.
Previous to this, Jaquez held various positions as Director of
International Sales & Marketing,
Manager of Business Development, and Trade Sales Manager
for trade companies in Southeast
Asia.
PSY331 Final Assessment ScenarioFinal Assessment
ScenarioHere are the employees you will be
training:JaneDirector of Web Development.Director of
Organizational Development and Management
Revitalization.JodyDirector of Communications and Public
Relations.JimmyDirector of Safety ManagementDirector of
International Sales & Marketing
Be sure to read the details in the course, but here is a suggested
guideline for your final paper:
Title (on title page)
7. [Introduction of what assignment is about. Include succinct
statement about the training module
you are going to implement (hypothetically.) Also include the
importance of theoretical
understanding to the process of learning and training.]
Content of Training
[Include the information you will teach and how it supports
understanding the learners.]
Behaviorism, EI, Cognitivism, Motivation, Multiple Intelligence
(could be anything you want it
to be as long as you know why it is important.)
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations.}
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations.}
Another important construct
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations.}
Another important construct
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations.}
Another important construct
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations.}
8. Strategies Used
Introduce what 5 strategies you would use here then explain
each.]
Could be any strategy... Positive reinforcement, audio and
visual tools, motivation (be careful -
this is big), role playing, and rewards (You need 5 in final.)
Strategy 1
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations. Why will you
use it? Good place to
address the learning needs of your assigned employee body.
Must include a rationale
statement for each learning method chosen based on critical
thought in the final.}
Strategy 2
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations. Why will you
use it? Good place to
address the learning needs of your assigned employee body.
Must include a rationale
statement for each learning method chosen based on critical
thought in the final.}
9. Strategy 3
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations. Why will you
use it? Good place to
address the learning needs of your assigned employee body.
Must include a rationale
statement for each learning method chosen based on critical
thought in the final.}
Strategy 4
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations. Why will you
use it? Good place to
address the learning needs of your assigned employee body.
Must include a rationale
statement for each learning method chosen based on critical
thought in the final.}
Strategy 5
{2-3 paragraphs explaining this – with citations. Why will you
use it? Good place to
address the learning needs of your assigned employee body.
Must include a rationale
statement for each learning method chosen based on critical
thought in the final.}
Conclusion