Training Diagnostics to Improve Learner and Class Outcomes
Sponsored by: Special Operations Forces Language Office, USSOCOM; Prepared by: ALPS Insights Raleigh, NC
Introduction
Since 2007, ALPS Solutions has worked closely with training programs within the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community to evaluate training effectiveness and identify areas where interventions by program administrators and instructors can have a positive impact on learner- and class-level outcomes. While much of that effort has focused on evaluation of instructor behaviors (see Evaluating Instructional Behaviors for Improved Training Outcomes), many other components and characteristics of the training process and environment have been shown to influence outcomes. The ultimate goal of our research related to training diagnostics was to provide program managers with an evidence-based, easy-to-use tool to monitor learner and instructor issues during training and initiate results-focused interventions during training – as it is too late to help current learners and maximize the training investment after the class is completed. … Read more by downloading the PDF.
RECENT INSIGHTS
Evaluating Instructional Behaviors for Improved Training Outcomes
ALPS Solutions engaged in a series of studies to understand why instructors were having such a large impact on student outcomes in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community. If training is supposed to be a standardized experience, then the instructor to which a student is assigned should not cause a variable experience for students across classes. The goal of this research was to identify and reduce variability to create a more standardized and a positive experience.
Effective Practices for the Supervision of Instructors
This document highlights findings and recommendations from the Establish Best Practices for the Supervision of Instructors Technical Report, which compares the instructional supervisory behaviors and practices used in Special Operations Forces (SOF) Initial Acquisition Training (IAT) schools to best practices described in the literature, as well as to practices used in language schools external to the SOF IAT community.
Speaking in the Target Language and Impact on Student Outcomes
This document summarizes trends and predictive relationships among instructor and student during-training speaking in the target language (TL) and student proficiency outcomes (e.g., end-of-training OPI results), using data collected from the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community.
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