Created for an Instructor I course for IFSAC and PROBoard certification. The book brand is Jones & Bartlett 2nd Edition.
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| 9605705091 | Analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation | 5 words for the curriculum development model ADDIE. | 0 | |
| 9605705092 | Administrative Law | Body of law created by an administrative agency in the form of rules, regulations, and orders. | 1 | |
| 9605705150 | Cognitive, psychomotor, affective | The three learning domains. Categories that describe how learning takes place. | 2 | |
| 9605705093 | Affective Domain | Learning domain that effects attitudes, emotions, or values. Associated with a students perspective or belief changing as a result of training. | 3 | |
| 9605705151 | Cognitive Domain | Learning domain that effects a change in knowledge, associated with learning new information. | 4 | |
| 9605705152 | Psychomotor Domain | Learning domain that requires physical use of knowledge, associated with hands on training. | 5 | |
| 9605705094 | American National Standards Institute (ANSI) | Voluntary, private, nonprofit membership standards setting organization that examines and certifies existing standards and creates new standards. | 6 | |
| 9605705095 | American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) | Professional society representing all areas of public service, advocates greater effectiveness in government. | 7 | |
| 9605705096 | American Soceity for Testing and Materials (ASTM) | Voluntary standards setting organization that establishes characteristics and performance criteria for materials, products, sysytems, and services. | 8 | |
| 9605705097 | American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) | Professional safety organization composed of members who manage, supervise, and consult on safety, health and environmnetal issues in industry, insurance, government and education. | 9 | |
| 9605705098 | Andragogy | The art and science of teaching adults. | 10 | |
| 9605705153 | Pedagogy | The art and science of teaching children. | 11 | |
| 9605705099 | Behavioral Objective | Description of the minimum acceptable behavior that a student must perform by the end of an instructional period. | 12 | |
| 9605705100 | Block | Division of an occupation that includes related tasks with common factors. | 13 | |
| 9605705101 | Case Study | Description of a real or hypothetical problem that an organization or an individual has dealt with or could deal with. | 14 | |
| 9605705102 | Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) | US government agency responsible for the collection and analysis of data regarding disease and health trends. | 15 | |
| 9605705103 | Coaching | Process in which instructors direct the talent and skills performance of students by observing, evaluating, and making suggestions for improvement by giving motivational correction, postive reinformcement and constructive feedback. | 16 | |
| 9605705154 | Mentoring | Relationship of trust between an experienced person and one of less experience for the purpose of growth. | 17 | |
| 9605705104 | Code (Regulation) | Law established either by legislation or most commonly administrative agencies or local authorities. Designed to regulate, within its scope, the topic to which it relates. | 18 | |
| 9605705105 | Code of Ethics | Organized group of ethical behavior guidelines that govern day to day activities of a profession, organization, or an individual. | 19 | |
| 9605705106 | Code of Federal Regulations | Formal name given to the books or documents conatining the specific US regulations provided by law. | 20 | |
| 9605705107 | Cognition | General concept that refers to all forms of knowing, including: Perceiving, imagining, reasoning and judging. | 21 | |
| 9605705108 | Controlling | Management process for establishing and implementing mechanisms to ensure that objectives are attained. | 22 | |
| 9605705109 | Empathy | Ability to understand the feelings and attitudes of another person. | 23 | |
| 9605705110 | Interference | Those factors that prevent the receiver from fully receiving a message, may be created by either internal or extrenal sources. | 24 | |
| 9605705111 | Judiciary Law | Usually the result of legal precedent or a judicial decision. | 25 | |
| 9605705112 | Keystoning | Effect that occurs when the width of a projected image is wider at the top than at the bottom. | 26 | |
| 9605705113 | Interpretive Exercise | A way to tests deeper and more complex levels of learning, more interesting and appealing to all student learning styles. | 27 | |
| 9605705114 | Reliability | The consistency and accuracy of test. | 28 | |
| 9605705115 | Criterion Based | The majority of tests written for fire and emergency services. | 29 | |
| 9605705116 | Criterion Referenced Test | Test that compares performance against written standards. | 30 | |
| 9605705117 | Summative Test | Test that measures student achievement in an entire area over a long period of time. | 31 | |
| 9605705118 | Formative Test (Progress Test) | Periodic test that measures improvement and gives an instructor and students feedback on their learning progress during a course. (Quizzes) | 32 | |
| 9605705119 | Performance Test (Skill Test) | Test that measures a students ability to perform manipulative skills. | 33 | |
| 9605705120 | Diagnostic Test | Test designed to determine a students learning difficulties. | 34 | |
| 9605705121 | Prescriptive Test | Test given at the beginning of instruction to measure a students current level of knowledge in order to measure readiness or determine placement. | 35 | |
| 9605705122 | Speeded Test | Test that assesses the students ability to perform within a specific time. | 36 | |
| 9605705123 | Norm Referenced Test | Test that rates student performance compared to other students based on a broad sampling. | 37 | |
| 9605705124 | Nominal Group Process | Technique that allows students to experience the process used in organizational decision making. | 38 | |
| 9605705125 | Gate Keeper | Ensures that all students have an opportunity to speak and no one dominates the discussion. | 39 | |
| 9605705126 | Validity | The extent to which a test measures what it was designed to measure. | 40 | |
| 9605705127 | Electronic Copy Board | Scans and prints a reduced size copy of material drawn or printed on it, a variation of the dry erase board. | 41 | |
| 9605705128 | Virtual Reality | A simulation that displays a view as if the participant is part of the simulated environment. | 42 | |
| 9605705129 | Finally | Term that should be avoided during a verbal transition. | 43 | |
| 9605705130 | Models | An excellent medium for illustrating mechanical or spatial concepts. | 44 | |
| 9605705131 | Whole to part | Sequencing method that begins with an overview of the entire topic or demonstration of the complete skill in real time. | 45 | |
| 9605705132 | Simple to complex | Sequencing method that begins by teaching the basic knowledge or skills and then introducing more difficult or complex knowledge as the lesson progresses. | 46 | |
| 9605705133 | Fan | Seating arrangement that permits students to easily see and hear the instructor and works effectively in small groups. | 47 | |
| 9605705134 | Round Tables | Seating arrangement that provides space for meal functions, discussion groups, or small group meetings. | 48 | |
| 9605705135 | Circled Chairs | Seating arrangement that is best used for small to medium sized groups where discussion is the primary method of teaching, not useful when students are expected to take notes. | 49 | |
| 9605705136 | Auditorium (Theater) | Seating arrangement that places students in fixed seating that permanently faces the stage or lecture and permits the interaction betweeen students and instructor. | 50 | |
| 9605705137 | Job (Topic) | Component of a lesson plan that consists of a short descriptive title of the information covered. | 51 | |
| 9605705138 | Lesson Outline | Component of a lesson plan that provides a summary of the information to be taught. | 52 | |
| 9605705139 | Observation, imitation, adaptation, performance, perfection | 5 steps of learning in the psychomotor domain. | 53 | |
| 9605705155 | 10 | Percentage of information remembered after reading. | 54 | |
| 9605705156 | 20 | Percentage of information remembered after hearing. | 55 | |
| 9605705157 | 30 | Percentage of information remembered after seeing. | 56 | |
| 9605705158 | 50 | Percentage of information remembered after seeing and hearing. | 57 | |
| 9605705159 | 70 | Percentage of information remembered after saying or repeating. | 58 | |
| 9605705160 | 90 | Percentage of information remembered after saying and doing what they are saying. | 59 | |
| 9605705140 | Global (Holistic) | Learning method that involves seeing the whole picture and forming relationships between concepts, events or things. | 60 | |
| 9605705141 | Abstract (Symbolic) | Learning method that involves recognizing common qualitites in similar but different experiences. | 61 | |
| 9605705142 | Knowledge | Level of learning in the cognitive domain that involves remembering, recalling, and recognizing previously learned facts and theories. | 62 | |
| 9605705143 | Understanding | Component of the listening process that involves decoding the message and assigning meaning to it. | 63 | |
| 9605705161 | Sender, message, medium, receiver, feedback | 5 elements of the communication process. (chain) | 64 | |
| 9605705144 | Medium | Element of interpersonal communication that is the path that the message takes between the sender and receiver. | 65 | |
| 9605705145 | Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEOC) | Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibiting discrimination by race, color, religion, sex, or nationality. | 66 | |
| 9605705146 | Buckley Amendment | Law that restricts access to personal information such as personnel files and student grades. | 67 | |
| 9605705147 | Vicarious Liability | Term that refers to liability that is placed on the employer for the acts and omissions of employees during the normal course of their employment. | 68 | |
| 9605705162 | Desire to assist, training with intent, experience, flexibility, motivation, continuous improvement | 6 attributes of an excellent instructor. | 69 | |
| 9605705163 | 1041 | NFPA standard for Fire Service Instructor professional qualifications. | 70 | |
| 9605705164 | Job Performance Requirements (JPR) | Set of standards expected to be met by a person holding a specific title or rank. | 71 | |
| 9605705165 | Instructor I | Instructor level that can deliver information effectively from prepared lesson plans, adapt lesson plans, organize a learning environment, and meet record keeping requirements. | 72 | |
| 9605705166 | Instructor II | Instructor level that can develop lesson plans, schedule training sessions, and supervise/coordinate activities of other instructors. | 73 | |
| 9605705167 | Instructor III | Instructor level that can develop training curriculum for multiple organizations, conduct needs analysis, design record keeping/scheduling systems, and develop training goals/implementation strategies. | 74 | |
| 9605705168 | Leader, mentor, coach, evaluator, teacher | 5 roles an instructor must manage. | 75 | |
| 9605705169 | Fire Department, State Law, Federal Law (Statutory) | 3 sources of law governing instructor conduct. | 76 | |
| 9605705170 | Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | Prohibits discrimination against the disabled. | 77 | |
| 9605705171 | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Prohibits discrimination against race, sex, or nationality | 78 | |
| 9605705172 | Title VII (of the Civil Rights Act) | Prohibits discrimination that creates a hostile work environment. | 79 | |
| 9605705173 | Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) | Prohibits discrimination against persons over 40. (unless there exists a recognized qualification requirement) | 80 | |
| 9605705174 | Confirm it exists, determine accommodations (if possible) | 2 steps in analyzing a potential disability. | 81 | |
| 9605705175 | Duration of risk, severity of harm, likelihood of occurrence, imminence of harm | 4 factors to assess the possibility of a direct threat. | 82 | |
| 9605705176 | Know information, new information, practice, application | 4 step process of effective learning. | 83 | |
| 9605705177 | Learner oriented, goal oriented, activity oriented | 3 types of adult learners identified by Houle in 1961 | 84 | |
| 9605705178 | Learner Oriented | Adult learner who focuses on the act of learning more than the content being learned. | 85 | |
| 9605705179 | Goal Oriented | Adult learner who focuses on progression of skills or improving job prospects. | 86 | |
| 9605705180 | Activity Oriented | Adult learner who learns by doing and focuses on personal productive time and social contact. | 87 | |
| 9605705181 | Audience analysis | The determination of characteristics common to the group of people attending the class. | 88 | |
| 9605705182 | Age, experience, number, use of material, previous knowledge | 5 factors to consider for audience analysis. | 89 | |
| 9605705183 | Analysis, understanding, demographic, interest, environment, needs, customization, expectations. | 8 words that create the acronym AUDIENCE. | 90 | |
| 9605705184 | Lecture, discussion, demonstration (skill drill) | 3 Instruction techniques that are most effective for the fire service. | 91 | |
| 9605705185 | Role play, labs, case study, assignments | 4 Enhanced instructional methods | 92 | |
| 9605705186 | Delineation | Transition technique during lecture separating topics using point number 1, 2, 3, etc... | 93 | |
| 9605705187 | Direct, rhetorical, open ended, close ended | 4 types of questions | 94 | |
| 9605705188 | Direct | Question type beginning with "Who, what, when, where, why, or how" meant to get an answer and limit discussion. | 95 | |
| 9605705189 | Rhetorical | Question type meant to stimulate discussion, may or may not have an exact answer. | 96 | |
| 9605705190 | Monopolizer, historian, daydreamer, class clown, expert, gifted | 6 types of disruptive students. | 97 | |
| 9605705191 | Readiness, exersize, effect, primacy, recency, intensity | 6 laws of learning by Thorndike. | 98 | |
| 9605705192 | Readiness | Law of learning stating that a student can only learn when they are mentally, physically, and emotionally prepared to do so. | 99 | |
| 9605705193 | Exersize | Law of learning stating that learning is an active process stimulating both mind and body. | 100 | |
| 9605705194 | Effect | Law of learning stating that learning best when accompanied by results and a feeling of satisfaction. | 101 | |
| 9605705148 | Primacy | Law of learning stating that the first method or way a concept is taught will be the way the student remembers it. | 102 | |
| 9605705195 | Recency | Law of learning stating that frequent practice results in more effective learning of skills. | 103 | |
| 9605705196 | Intensity | Law of learning stating that the more senses are stimulated the more likely the student will be to change their behavior. | 104 | |
| 9605705197 | Physiological, safety, social, esteem, self actualization | Maslow's hierarchy of needs in order from 1-5. | 105 | |
| 9605705198 | Self actualization | Final level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs: Love, understanding, happiness, rapture. | 106 | |
| 9605705199 | Who, what, when, where, why, how | The 5 Ws, and one H, of writing. | 107 | |
| 9605705200 | Audience, behavior, condition, degree (ABCD) | Four word acronym for a common method of writing learning objectives in the fire service. | 108 | |
| 9605705201 | Preparation, presentation, application, evaluation | The steps in the four step method of instruction. | 109 | |
| 9605705202 | Visual Aural Read Kinesthetic (VARK) | A 4 category learning style inventory designed to help students identify how they learn. | 110 | |
| 9605705203 | Aural | VARK category describing a student that prefers hearing information. | 111 | |
| 9605705204 | Kinesthetic | VARK category describing a student that prefers experience and practice such as hand on training. | 112 | |
| 9605705205 | Multimodal | 5th VARK category added to include the majority of students who prefer multiple learning styles. | 113 | |
| 9605705206 | Asynchronous Learning | Online course that students can access on their own schedule within a given time frame. | 114 | |
| 9605705207 | Baby Boomers | Generation that has high work standards and values education expecting others to do the same. (1946-1964) | 115 | |
| 9605705208 | X | Generation born after Baby Boomers, todays adult learners. They want feedback but not to be controlled. Learn to grow and excel expanding career oportunities. Teens in the 1980s. | 116 | |
| 9605705209 | Y | Generation know as millennial generation or dot comers. Don't want work to be their life. High performers and high maintenance. No defined DOBs | 117 | |
| 9605705210 | Z | Generation "next" brings their own set of learning values. Computer based learning for their entire lives. Trouble with low tech learning. Late 1990s | 118 | |
| 9605705211 | Blended Learning (Hybrid) | Instruction Method that includes online, independent, and face to face learning. | 119 | |
| 9605705212 | Bloom's Taxonomy | Classification of different objectives and skills educators set for students. | 120 | |
| 9605705213 | Cognitive perspective | Intellectual process that results in permanent learning through experience. | 121 | |
| 9605705214 | Courseware | Educational content delivered via computer. | 122 | |
| 9605705215 | Competency based | Learning intended to improve professional performance. | 123 | |
| 9605705216 | Dyscalculia | Learning disability in math and related subjects. | 124 | |
| 9605705217 | Dyslexia | Learning disability in reading due to a problem interpreting spacial relationships. | 125 | |
| 9605705218 | Dysphasia | Learning disability in writing, spelling, or sentence creation. | 126 | |
| 9605705219 | Dyspraxia | Learning disability resulting from a lack of physical coordination with motor skills. | 127 | |
| 9605705220 | Ghosting | Faint shadows that appear next to letters/numbers when viewing text. | 128 | |
| 9605705221 | Gross Negligence | An act or failure to act that is so reckless that it shows a conscious, voluntary disregard for the safety of others. | 129 | |
| 9605705222 | Hold Harmless | An agreement when one party holds the other free from responsibility for liability or damage. | 130 | |
| 9605705223 | Indemnification | Agreement in which one party assumes liability from another. | 131 | |
| 9605705224 | Interrogatory | Series of formal written questions sent during a legal argument. | 132 | |
| 9605705225 | Malfeasance | Dishonest, intentionally illegal, or immoral actions. | 133 | |
| 9605705226 | Misfeasance | Mistaken, careless, or inadvertent acts that result in a violation of the law. | 134 | |
| 9605705227 | Negligence | Unintentional breach of duty that causes harm. | 135 | |
| 9605705228 | Quid pro quo | An employee being forced to tolerate sexual harassment to obtain a job or other benefit. | 136 | |
| 9605705229 | Statute | Law created by legislative action at both the state and federal levels. | 137 | |
| 9605705230 | Subject Matter Expert (SME) | A technically competent person who works the job for which the test is being developed. | 138 | |
| 9605705231 | Succession Planning | Ensuring the continuity of an organization by preparing it's future leaders. | 139 | |
| 9605705232 | Supplemental Training | Training topics available in case of a change in the original training schedule. | 140 | |
| 9605705233 | Synchronous Learning | Learning in which students and instructors are scheduled to be online at the same time. Live chat, webinar, etc... | 141 | |
| 9605705234 | Tailboard Chat | Informal gathering where fire fighters discuss various issues. | 142 | |
| 9605705235 | Technology Based Instruction (TBI) | Training using internet or a multimedia tool. | 143 | |
| 9605705236 | Undue Hardship | Situation in which accommodating an individual's disability would be too expensive or too difficult for the employer. | 144 | |
| 9605705237 | Vision | Having alertness to the future, recognition of potential, and expectations for improvement. | 145 | |
| 9605705238 | Willful and wanton | An act that shows utter indifference or conscious disregard for the safety of others. | 146 | |
| 9605705239 | 1403 | NFPA standard on Live Fire Training | 147 | |
| 9605705240 | 1584 | NFPA Standard on Rehabilitation practices for Emergencies and Training | 148 | |
| 9605705241 | Essay Tests (Subjective Tests) | It is crucial for an instructor to be as unbiased as possible when grading these tests. | 149 | |
| 9605705242 | 5 | Minimum number of years records should be retained. | 150 | |
| 9605705243 | Seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, tasting | List the five senses in order of there effectiveness in the learning environment from most effective to least. | 151 | |
| 9605705244 | Social | Informal method of learning using technologies for collaboration. (Blogs, Social Media, etc...) | 152 | |
| 9605705245 | Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) | This authority must develop and enforce a policy to identify and verify the level of competency of the fire service instructor. (According to NFPA 1041) | 153 | |
| 9605705246 | Oral tests | Often given in conjunction with or as a supplement to performance tests. | 154 | |
| 9605705247 | Dry Erase Board | A disadvantage to this teaching tool is that the instructor must face away from the class while using it. | 155 |
