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Acronyms and Glossary

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Interservice Procedures for Instructional Systems Development :
Acronyms and Glossary (continued)
by Robert K. Branson, Gail T. Rayner and J. Lamarr Cox

GLOSSARY (continued...)

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DATA: Collection of facts or numerical values resulting from observations of situations, objects, or people.

DATA COLLECTION PLAN:. An outline of the procedures and techniques that will be used to gather information for any specific purpose.

DATA RECORDING PLAN: Method of tabulating background responses and test data.

DECAY RATE: The amount of time it takes a trainee to forget what he has learned in school. If the decay rate is high then a trainee should not receive instruction in a specific task until shortly before he will actually perform it.

DECISION TREE: Flowchart; graphic representation of the sequence of a specific activity or operation.

DELIVERY SYSTEM: Any method containing plans and procedures for the presentation of instruction. Platform instruction, television, FOJT, and STEPs are all delivery systems.

DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP: Occurs when skills and knowledges in one learning objective are closely related to those in the other learning objective. In order to master one of the learning objectives, it is first necessary to learn the other.

DOWNTIME: Refers to the period of time when equipment is inoperable.

DUTY: One of the major subdivisions of work performed by one individual. One or more duties constitute a job.

DUTY TITLE: Categorizes groups of tasks under identifiable headings to help in the organizing of lists of tasks.

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