Assignment #3

Assignment #3- Final Project- Overview

Background:

For the final project I decided to help my sister and brother in- law who are both Rochester Police Officers. They teach different courses to other police officers and the information is important for them to be able to learn and act correctly in the field. Many of the courses have just been lectures with no other activities and now that they are teaching they want to make it more interactive. Many of the students seem disengaged and they want a higher success rate.

Audience:

Police Officers

Goal of the Instruction:

Have the police officers able to identify and act correctly when dealing with Emotionally Disturbed Persons. (EDP’s).

Specific Learning Objectives:

1.)First responding police officer will know how to identify a EDP

2.) First responding police officer will know how manage EDP

Issues to be addressed:

-People found it boring; hard to stay focused

- People were not remembering as much because they were just being talked at

- Wanted to be more involved

We worked on creating a power point from all of the content that needed to be addressed in the lecture. We added some videos to change the way content was being addressed and we also made some supplemental forms and papers for exercise.  We based the flow of our instruction of the Keller ARCS Model.

Attention:

One way to gain their attention and to get them focused on the topic was pre lecture discussion. 

Another pre lecture activity was a quiz on what motivates you to learn. I created a quiz that asked different questions that would help you to actually sit and think for a minute how you like to learn, what motivates you to put effort in, etc. ( appendix A) Having them do their own little self concept or assessment can help them decide which way is best for them but also allows the teacher a better understanding of each individual.

Relevance: Making it important to them through experiences, creating worth, future usefulness.

The added videos were not only to gain their attention but showed both correctly executed and incorrectly executed scenarios that they could be faced with. This helps to create a connection between the worth of what they are trying to learn.

I created a scenario section where they got into groups and played out scenarios- this allowed them to work with others which is relevant for their job and also helped them if they were stuck to ask their peers.

Confidence: Have objectives, feedback

In this section we wanted to add something that they could quiz themselves on and get feedback. I created them an objectives quiz that asked the main points in which they needed to learn. Instead of handing them in, there would be a time limit and then they would be self -graded. This way they could still get feedback of they did not understand something or got it wrong. Designed as an open discussion so they could ask questions or clarifications.

Satisfaction: Creating reinforcement that will sustain desired behavior.

At the end there is a oral quiz in which they need to answer questions that the teacher decides to ask. Anything can be asked based on the content that was learned. If the teacher thinks it was satisfactory then they would receive stars based on what level of understanding or excellence. There are many different lectures and if they follow the star code, once an officer got a certain level they would get a gift card. A small monetary reward for not only completing them, but the better you perform the quicker you would reach it.

Course Timeline:

Pre discussion on prior knowledge

What motivates you? Worksheet

Lectures with added videos

Scenario group prac

Objectives Quiz

Oral Exam

Supplemental materials:

What motivates you? WorkSheet

What Motivates you to Learn?

Answer all questions

1.)  When you need to accomplish a task what are the reasons for which you find it important?

2.)  Are you more concerned with succeeding or just not failing?

3.)  Do you believe that you are in control of your achievement?

4.)  Do you like to work by yourself or with groups?

5.)  Are you someone that likes to get extra info on the subject or the bare minimum is fine?

6.)  Do you like to get positive feedback from the teachers?

7.)  Do you like to set goals for yourself?

8.)  What are the reasons you think learning is important?

9.)  Do you get discouraged when the material is difficult?

10.)                 Do you enjoy a challenge and feel that you can accomplish anything?

11.)                  What is the way you would describe effort?

Once you are finished we will go over what answers means to each of you. 

Group scenario worksheet:

Group Scenario Role Play Activity

Get in groups of no more then 4 and go over the scenario. First talk about the main points with the breakdown of the situation and then play it out. Take turns each being the first responding officer at the scene. Critique each time you go through pointing out any thing wrong or something someone had missed.

Scenario 1

You are dispatched to 123 Glide St. for the 1078 call. The job card states: The callers 18 year old son has a history of depression and past suicide attempts. The caller also states she doesn’t believe her son has any weapons at this time.

Upon arrival you speak with the caller, “Jan” who states she has noticed her son “Brad” becoming increasingly depressed and feels its time something is done about it.  “Jan” states last time the police took him to the hospital.

You speak to “Brad” who appears to be well kept, under control and speaks to you freely about his illness. “Brad” states he does take medication to control his depression, but stopped taking  the pills a few weeks ago because he was feeling well. When asked if he wanted to hurt or kill himself “Brad” said no. “Brad” also states he doesn’t want to go to the hospital, it always takes too long and he has class in the morning.

Objectives Quiz

What first responding police officers need to know about identifying and managing emotionally disturbed people.

1)     List the single most important thing to remember when dealing with an emotionally disturbed person.

2)     Name (3) of the (4) factors which cause symptoms of emotional disturbance in people, that road patrol officer can recognize.

3)     List (3) of the (4) possible resolutions when dealing with emotionally disturbed persons.

4    4.) Name the body of law in New York State which can be cited to arrest an emotionally disturbed person. 

Oral Exam:

Same questions as the objectives quiz and then random questions that are covered in the content they went over. Decision on what kind of star they earn. 

References:
Keller, J. 1987. Systematic process of motivational design; Performance and Instruction.
Keller, j. 1987. Development ans use of the ARCS model of instructional design. Journal of Instructional Development.