LO exercise - 'The Think Principle"

‘The THINK Principle” by Rose Bunnow
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=CCS6308

The Author thinks that people of integrity are careful of what they say. She proposed a method called ‘The THINK Principles” to help people decide how to be more prudent in what they say or actually to say anything at all.

‘THINK’ is the acronyms of the 5 principles one should check against before one speaks. It stands for:
T: is it True
H: is it Helpful
I: is it Inspiring
N:is it Necessary
K: is it Kind

If I use Gagne’s 9 events of instruction to assess this LO, the author has done a good job to present her objective & 5 principles via good play on words & recall strategy. The pity is that after practices there is no feedback, no assessment & learners would not know if he has understood the principles & to what extent.

1 Gaining attention (reception) :The title is quite capturing ‘The THINK Principles’, simple words but could imply rich ideas, might lead people to have a look.

2 Informing learners of the objective (expectancy) –also cleverly stated by a play on words - learn how to ‘think before talk’ not ‘talk before think’.

3 stimulating recall of prior learning (retrieval) –an short recall test available of the principles but not prior learning retrieval

4 presenting the stimulus (selective perception) –3 exercises with are given & learners are asked to access the speakers statements against the 5 steps principles.

5 providing learning guidance (semantic encoding) –yes, instructions clear & direct. Also learners have to complete the exercises before moving on.

6 eliciting performance (responding) –yes, learners asked to provide written comments

7 providing feedback (reinforcement) – not available
8 assessing performance (retrieval) – not available
9 enhancing retention and transfer (generalization) – not available