 | Recruits’ ability to learn and retain material presented during and after basic police academy is a genuine concern for academy directors, police administrators, recruits, officers, and the community. Because much information is delivered relatively quickly, police training professionals must understand and employ instructional delivery methodologies that help recruits learn and retain information. This report describes the results of the Academy Innovations project, a COPS Office–supported initiative aimed at studying ways to improve the methodology for delivering basic police training content. Led by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST), the project conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in five U.S. police academies to determine if students who participated in an in-person or online integrated curriculum performed better than those who participated in a traditional in-person or online lecture. The report briefly reviews the literature on integrated curricula and retention intervals, discusses implications for the field, and provides eight best practices to guide the implementation of integrated curriculum elements in the police academy.By Dianne Beer-Maxwell, Jon Blum, Timothy Bonadies, Jessica Herbert, Peggy SchaeferCategories: Data and AnalysisLanguage: EnglishPublic link
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