(2 Equivalent Classroom Hours*)
Instructional Goals:
The purpose of the pretest and posttest is to verify that the students have the prerequisites for instructional modules, and when completed, that they have demonstrated the required level of learning. This learning certification module uses criterion referenced, automated question banks to provide a basis for "state of the audience" testing and measurement to manage the instruction by computer.
Computer managed instruction (CMI) has the capability to keep and maintain explicit individual records of the performance of each student. This becomes immediate feedback to the instructor on the progress of each student and the extent of student achievement. These results summarize the collected data and allow a statistical treatment of them. Through this means, record keeping capabilities are truly remarkable and can be of important assistance to individual students, instructors, field training officers, and the training program itself.
Student Performance Objectives:
Method of Instruction: Computer Based Education and Training using the most recent version of the microcomputer lesson, Pretest and Posttest, First Edition.
This program is designed for Microsoft Windows equipped personal computers (PCs). It is based on techniques found effective in training numerous sworn police officers at the University of Illinois, Police Training Institute, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois USA.
*Equivalent Classroom Hours (ECH's) represent an estimate of at least the time it would take to deliver these materials in the traditional classroom setting. Actual microcomputer time varies among students.
STREET COMMUNICATION
(6 Equivalent Classroom Hours*)
Instructional Goals:
The primary purpose of this program is to develop the understanding and skills necessary for police officers to verbally express themselves during on-the-street contacts with the public. Inappropriate words or phrases, or the expression of words in a tone or volume that may generate antagonism or hostility, can frequently result in negative consequences for the officer.
The program is about (1) how to use words wisely and effectively, (2) factors limiting eyewitness testimony, and (3) procedures for recording interview statements. These are skills for which students are expected to demonstrate a high level of performance.
A discussion of each objective is followed by a test. A requirement is successful mastery of 6 tests at the rate of 10 questions per test, a total of 60 test items. Mastery is set at 80 percent. Opportunities for self-initiated review of the discussion and test questions are provided.
Student Performance Objectives: A successful student graduate:
Method of Instruction: Computer Based Education and Training using an Internet records system, and the most recent version of the microcomputer lesson, Observation and Perception: Street Communication, Twenty First Edition. A study guide is provided for note taking and evaluation.
This program is designed for Microsoft Windows equipped personal computers (PCs). It is based on techniques found effective in training numerous sworn police officers at the University of Illinois, Police Training Institute, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois USA.
*Equivalent Classroom Hours (ECH's) represent an estimate of the time it would take to study this lesson and properly fill out the student note taking guide, or to teach these materials in the traditional classroom setting. Actual microcomputer time varies among students.
(8 Equivalent Classroom Hours*)
Instructional Goals:
Covering the basic concepts of communication, this program includes a synthesis of the process of communication, its modes, levels, and application within a context of occupationally specialized versions of interviews and interrogations. It also sets a frame of reference for specialized forms of communication such as interviews and interrogations.
This program is a resource for mastering the following objectives: (1) Identify the modes of communication; and (2) Identify the levels of communication. It should be noted that a third objective could be mastered when studying the companion computer program, Interviewing and Interrogation and the Functional Components of Interrogation, in this course. The third objective is to apply the modes and levels of communication to the interview and interrogation when given a situational example.
Ample opportunity exists for immediate student application of data. All situations or Socratic questioning episodes are occupationally related and build upon readily identifiable encounters.
The drill and practice includes objectives, test questions, required responses, immediate feedback, and self initiated review.
Student Performance Objectives: The successful course graduate:
Method of Instruction: Computer Based Education and Training using an Internet records system, and the most recent version of the microcomputer lesson, Communication in the Police Environment, Twenty First Edition. A study guide is provided for note taking and evaluation.
This program is designed for Microsoft Windows equipped personal computers (PCs). It is based on techniques found effective in training over 6,800 sworn police officers at the University of Illinois, Police Training Institute, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois USA.
*Equivalent Classroom Hours (ECH's) represent an estimate of the time it would take to study this lesson and properly fill out the student note taking guide, or to teach these materials in the traditional classroom setting. Actual microcomputer time varies among students.
(12 Equivalent Classroom Hours*)
Instructional Goals:
A program providing the foundation for performing field level police interviews and interrogations, it presents information that is the outgrowth of teacher centered instruction over many years to numerous police officers.
The program provides instruction over a substantial number of performance objectives. Each objective is stated at the outset of the program and then restated as the immediate precedent of the presentation of that specific information. This method is intended to provide the user with a distinct reinforcement of each objective as the individual material is presented.
There are three parts to this program. Part I provides an extensive discussion of information fundamental to the police interview. Constant interchanges between the student and the lesson occur. This process is designed to ensure reinforcement while offering the user a chance to assess progress with limited testing recognition.
Part II deals with the interrogative process. Several different formats are expressed, each providing a different avenue for interrogative behavioral perceptions. Combined, these formats become assessment tools by which the police practitioner may engage in on-going evaluation of personal performance in interrogation climates.
Part III is an examination that provides objectives, test questions, required responses, immediate feedback, and self-initiated review. The user must successfully answer a total of 60 questions covering 6 objectives.
Student Performance Objectives: The successful course graduate:
Method of Instruction: Computer Based Education and Training using an Internet records system, and the most recent version of the microcomputer lesson, Interviewing and Interrogation, Twenty First Edition. A study guide is provided for note taking and evaluation.
This program is designed for Microsoft Windows equipped personal computers (PCs). It is based on techniques found effective in training over 1,800 sworn police officers at the University of Illinois, Police Training Institute, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois USA.
*Equivalent Classroom Hours (ECH's) represent an estimate of the time it would take to study this lesson and properly fill out the student note taking guide, or to teach these materials in the traditional classroom setting. Actual microcomputer time varies among students.
(2 Equivalent Classroom Hours*)
Instructional Goals:
This advanced program on criminal investigation is steeped in the principles of social science. It is structured to provide a clear, informative testing interspersed with questions and immediate feedback. Constant interchanges between the user and the lesson occur. It is based on instructional techniques found effective in training over 2,000 sworn police officers at the University of Illinois, Police Training Institute.
The program is appropriate for training police officers, fire service officers, vehicle theft investigators, security officers, correctional officers and investigators in general who have a role in asking questions when there's a resistance to answer questions. Insurance fraud investigators may also benefit from this program.
It is the responsibility of graduates of this program to adapt the principles and concepts for implementing change to current practices and legal mandates. This program does not teach the law. It is hoped that this program will serve as a basis for improved interview and interrogation practices.
Student Performance Objectives: The successful graduate:
Method of Instruction: Computer Based Education and Training using an Internet records system, and the most recent version of the microcomputer lesson, The Functional Components of Interrogation, Sixteenth Edition. A study guide is provided for note taking and evaluation.
This program is designed for Microsoft Windows equipped personal computers (PCs). It is based on techniques found effective in training over 2,000 sworn police officers at the University of Illinois, Police Training Institute, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois USA.
*Equivalent Classroom Hours (ECH's) represent an estimate of the time it would take to study this lesson and properly fill out the student note taking guide, or to teach these materials in the traditional classroom setting. Actual microcomputer time varies among students.
(2 Equivalent Classroom Hours*)
Instructional Goals:
The purpose of the pretest and posttest is to verify that the students have the prerequisites for instructional modules, and when completed, that they have demonstrated the required level of learning. This learning certification module uses criterion referenced, automated question banks to provide a basis for "state of the audience" testing and measurement to manage the instruction by computer.
Computer managed instruction (CMI) has the capability to keep and maintain explicit individual records of the performance of each student. This becomes immediate feedback to the instructor on the progress of each student and the extent of student achievement. These results summarize the collected data and allow a statistical treatment of them. Through this means, record keeping capabilities are truly remarkable and can be of important assistance to individual students, instructors, field training officers, and the training program itself.
Student Performance Objectives:
Method of Instruction: Computer Based Education and Training using the most recent version of the microcomputer lesson, Pretest and Posttest, First Edition.
This program is designed for Microsoft Windows equipped personal computers (PCs). It is based on techniques found effective in training numerous police officers at the University of Illinois, Police Training Institute, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois USA.
*Equivalent Classroom Hours (ECH's) represent an estimate of the time it would take to deliver these materials in the traditional classroom setting. Actual microcomputer time varies among students.