Tip #735: Prompt Learners to Think
This Tip discusses how to prompt learners to think using successive approximation to find solutions to real problems. “Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in
August 20, 2018
This Tip discusses how to prompt learners to think using successive approximation to find solutions to real problems. “Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in
This Tip explains why reflection is important after a learning activity so the participants identify the overarching concepts themselves. “The art of teaching is the
This Tip describes the better evaluation questions that the Kirkpatricks ask of participants, focusing on transfer. “Information useful to training professionals typically relates to Levels
According to Willie Pietersen in his article, Learning How to Learn, “in an increasingly turbulent world, the crucial life-sustaining competency is learning how to win
This Tip describes when learners can’t succeed due to five glaring mistakes that a seminar leader makes, including not repeating questions. “I’ve been imitated so
This Tip describes five glaring mistakes the leaders made in facilitating a seminar that demonstrated how to set learners up to fail. “Success does not
This Tip looks at what to do about management training so it doesn’t fail because it occurs outside the managers’ organizational culture. “The culture of
This Tip looks at debriefing an event using an After Action Review that asks what happened, why did it happen, and what can we learn
This Tip descirbes three different learning activities where participants were experiencing failed communication. “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has
In this tip I disagree with Jeff Bruenrostro’s idea to have employees write their own obituaries to learn what their core values are. Writing Their
This tip questions survey findings that constant work is one of the keys to maintaining employee engagement. I recently read about a Forrester Research report
This Tip explores critical thinking: asking vital questions, gathering relevant information, assessing assumptions, etc. “The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it