Author: Sy Islam -- Smile sheets, or affective/reaction measures of training and teaching effectiveness, are a staple of training evaluation. Often, trainee feedback is the only measure we use to assess training effectiveness. But does it make sense? Over the last three decades, many training professionals and I-O psychology practitioners have criticized the overuse of these training reaction measures. When it comes to training evaluation, the Kirkpatrick model is the industry standard. Kirkpatrick’s model...