Develop Training Support Material

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Providing learning guidance;

Electing mastery of the learning objectives;

Electing performance feedback;

Evaluating trainee performance; and

Enhancing retention and transfer of training material.

The content of the lesson material is derived from the elements of the enabling

objectives. Developers should use the training standard portion of the Training

Evaluation Standard that was developed during the design phase as a rough

outline for the development of this content. The sequenced enabling objectives

can be used as the content headings in the body of the lesson. Using enabling

objectives this way will aid in review, approval, and auditing of the lesson plan.

However, a simple outline of the material is not considered adequate for

instructional content because an outline is too brief and leads to subjective

instruction which does not assure need-to-know information will be covered.

Therefore, the outline should be developed in sufficient depth to assure mastery

of the learning objectives and coverage of all test items being used for trainee

evaluation. Some enabling objectives or portions of enabling objectives require

activities to make the content more easily understood. "Instructor Activities"

(Attachment 24) provides appropriate instructor activities for the introduction,

body, and summary sections of the lesson. Trainee activities should be selected

from methods listed in "Training Methods" (Attachment 19). The methods

should be selected based on the characteristics described in the attachment, the

learning needs of the students, and the learning objectives.

When revising an existing training program each lesson plan should be

evaluated to assure proper format, instructional continuity, and depth of

content. Existing lesson plans should not be discarded or considered

inadequate until they are thoroughly reviewed. See "Lesson Plan Checklist"

(Attachment 25) for a checklist to be used when reviewing lesson plans.

Training support materials refer to training equipment, audiovisual media, and printed

material. When selecting or developing training support materials, the type of

material is influenced by the learning objectives and method of instruction. Materials

should support the learning objectives and emphasize job-related information and

situations. The lesson specifies what training materials are required and when. A