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Record W4379383282 · doi:10.1177/0032258x231181322

The case for case-based learning in police recruit training

2023· article· en· W4379383282 on OpenAlexaffabout
Ryan Buhrig

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Police Journal Theory Practice and Principles · 2023
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicProblem and Project Based Learning
Canadian institutionsSimon Fraser University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsAndragogyTraining (meteorology)Adult LearningPedagogyPsychologyKey (lock)Adult educationComputer scienceComputer security

Abstract

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Case-based learning is an andragogical approach that requires students to apply knowledge by discussing scenarios resembling real-life situations. Despite its history of practical and effective application in several educational settings, little empirical research on case-based learning in Canadian police recruit training exists. For this study, administrators from six Canadian police recruit training institutions were interviewed on their approach to training and case-based learning. Four key themes emerged, including (1) interrelated training content, (2) andragogical methods, (3) case-based learning, and (4) resourcing challenges. Case-based learning is then discussed as a strategy to enhance knowledge acquisition and critical thinking among police recruits.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.067
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.094
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Qualitative · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.067
Threshold uncertainty score0.356

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0670.094
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0030.002
Science and technology studies0.0160.050
Scholarly communication0.0150.015
Open science0.0050.018
Research integrity0.0100.015
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0080.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.154
GPT teacher head0.410
Teacher spread0.256 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designQualitative
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Citations14
Published2023
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