Scenario-Based Learning
Application to the Writing
Classroom
David Taylor
Armstrong Atlantic State University
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From Academia to Corporate (and back!)
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Current Courses
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Favorite Courses
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Online Teaching “Experiences"
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Learning in the information age requires the student to
become proficient at the four A’s:
• Access– find information independently
• Assess– decide what is important
• Assimilate– learn it efficiently, effectively
• Apply– use that knowledge on the job
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scenario-based training & learning
Emerged in the past 10 years as the
preferred tool for workplace education
Traditional approaches are often devoid of
an application context
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scenario-based learning
SBL provides an application context
and affords learning for application
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Wayne Cascio
Created a selection test
for Chicago fire chiefs in
response to issues of
adverse impact on
African-American
applicants
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Wayne Cascio
Black firefighters simply
did not perform as well
on written tests as
whites, even though
they were of equal
ability.
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Cascio created a test in
which the candidate views
a video of a fire with a
voiceover briefing of the
situation.
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scenario-based assessment
eliminated the adverse
impact on black applicants
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SBA often accompanines
scenario-based learning
In online education,
scenario-based e-learning (SBE).
Scenario-based learning is
grounded in a context that
approaches the performance
environment.
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Text or narration tells you
about a particular device or
concept.You’re exposed to
features, told why the features
are important, and shown how
the components interact.Then
a text asks you to identify the
device, its components (or the
concept and related ideas, and
the functions that the
components fulfill.
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A picture or video thrusts you
into a realistic scenario.The
situation is described, and you’re
given possible outcomes.
The results, good or bad depend
on your actions.You make
Decisions. Each decision leads
to new additional choices.
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The first paragraph describes a traditional learning situation while the
second describes SBL, which is more engaging and offers greater
application to the real world.
Text or narration tells you about
a particular device or concept.
You’re exposed to features, told
why the features Are important,
and shown how The components
interact.Then a text asks you to
identify the device, its
components (or the concept
and related ideas, and the
functions that the components
fulfill.
A picture or video thrusts you
into a realistic scenario.The
situation is described, and you’re
given possible outcomes.
Whether the results are good or
bad depend on your actions.You
make decisions, and each
decision leads to new additional
choices.
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Competence
Knowledge
Skills Demonstrated
■ Observation and recall of information
■ Knowledge of dates, events, places
■ Knowledge of major ideas
■ Mastery of subject matter
■ Questions cues:
List, define, ell, describe,, identify, show,
label, collect, examine, tablulate, quote,
name, who, when, where, etc.
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Knowledge
Comprehension
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Bloom’s Taxonomy
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
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Knowledge prepares the learner
to learn in higher domains.
Traditional learning sometimes
focuses on:
► application
► performance
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The emphasis of most workplace
training, and of the learning-ondemand paradigm, is on
application.
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SBL
SBA
Focused on:
► Application & analysis
► Synthesis & evaluation
► Real-world application
► Developing real-world skills
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Students are quicker to see the
relevance of SBE and SBA, find it
more engaging, and often find that
learning tasks are easier.
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accessing
assessing
assimilating
applying
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In SBL/SBA, students may
internalize this process and
carry it out naturally and
effectively.
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SBL is not learning simply for
the sake of learning or earning
grades, although both have
their place.
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SBL is learning to prepare
oneself for future professional
growth in the workplace.