ATD Master Glossary Flashcards
360-degree feedback evaluation
is based on opinions and recommendations from superiors, direct reports, peers, and internal and external customers on how a person performs in any number of behavioral area.
4-D Cycle
is the approach used in appreciative inquiry consisting of four phases: Discovery, dream, design, and destiny.
Accelerated Learing
is the practice of using a multi-modal, multi-sensory approach to instruction to make learning more efficient. It’s accomplished by honoring the different learning preferences of each learner and using experiential learning exercises ( such as role plays, mnemonics, props, and music.
Accommodation
is part of Piaget’s constructivism theory to describe how a learner must reshape or change what they already know (more substantial change than assimilation).
Action Research
is either research initiated to solve an immediate problem or a reflective process of progressive problem solving led by individuals working with others in teams of as part of a “community of practice” to improve the way they address issues and solve problems.
ADDIE
Is a instructional system development model composed of five phases: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation.
Adult Learning Theory
Is the collective theories and principles of how adults learn and acquire knowledge. Popularized by Malcom Knowles, adult learning theory provides the foundation that learning and development professionals need to meet learning needs in the workplace.
Affective Objective
is a learning goal that specifies the acquisition of particular attitude, value, or feeling.
Affinity Diagrams
Is a tool used to organize a large number of ideas (often generated by brainstorming) into logical groups based on a natural relationship among the ideas. Each idea group is defined and labeled. (see also Interrelationship Digraphs.) The tool is effective when a group of people need to make a decision.
After Action Review (AAR)
Was first developed by the U.S. Army to encourage
