| Element of Training | Skill Acquisition | Transfer of skill to the
Work Place
(understood well enough to take back home and share) |
| Presentation | 10-20% retention | 5-10% |
| Demonstration | 35% retention | 5-10% |
| Practice | 70% retention | 5-10% |
| Feedback (paired with practice) | 80% retention | 5-10% |
| Coaching (after training) | 90% retention | 90% |
Showers, Beverly. 1987 Staff Development Handbook, Columbia South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Education.
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