Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Improving Case-Based Ethics Training: How Modeling Behaviors and Forecasting Influence Effectiveness

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23543407


 2013 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Improving Case-Based Ethics Training: How Modeling Behaviors and Forecasting Influence Effectiveness.

Source

Kenexa, an IBM Company, 3010 Gaylord Parkway, Frisco, TX, 75034, USA, Lauren.Harkrider@us.ibm.com.

Abstract

This study examined how ethical case study content and the process for working through case material influenced training effectiveness. Specifically, the effects of behavioral modeling content and the use of forecasting prompt questions on knowledge acquisition and transfer were tested. Graduate students participating in a case-based ethics training course read a case where the main actor demonstrated key behaviors effectively (mastery model), some behaviors effectively and some ineffectively (mixed model), or no behaviors (no model). The students then responded to forecasting or summarizing prompts. Results revealed a main effect for modeling content. Explicitly modeling key behaviors within a case improved constraint analyses, sensemaking, and decision ethicality on a transfer task. The mastery model using effective behaviors was most beneficial. Forecasting prompts resulted in better transfer performance when the main actor used a mix of ineffective and effective behaviors. Implications for designing ethicstraining programs are discussed.

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