Practice Principle #2 Mirror the Job

What is it?

The basics of the second practice principle of mirroring the job is that skill building requires practice on the component skills that make up the infrastructure of a specific work domain. Questions that ask the learner to merely recognize or recall information presented in the training will not promote learning that transfers to the job. You should avoid interactions that require simple regurgitation of information provided in the training program. 

Example:

In the image below you can see an example of the second practice principle. You can see how these questions will transfer over to the job field.

References:

Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2011). E-learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.