A CLASSIFICATION OF LEARNING TASKS IN CONVENTIONAL LANGUAGE,

Abstract

Classifying learning tasks may aid in analyzing training requirements and applying learning principles. To this end the term ''learning task'' is defined for purposes of the classification, and a descriptive system is introduced for analyzing training requirements and for relating various practice conditions. A logically exhaustive classification is presented. Learning tasks are categorized by applying the definitional criteria sequentially. Major categories are ''perceptual-motor,'' ''discovery,'' ''under standing,'' ''perceptual judgment,'' and ''memorizing,'' corresponding roughly with common usage of the terms. The criteria for class membership are of three kinds: (a) discrepancies between criterion performance and initial skills of trainees, (b) restrictions on practice conditions considered legitimate in meeting the particular performance test, and (c) the kind of overt behavior constituting criterion performance and the allowable alternatives in such performance. The restricted applicability of generalizations about learning to certain categories is discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419122

Entities

People

  • Elmo E. Miller

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Judgment
  • Language
  • Materials
  • Motor Skills
  • New York
  • Performance Tests
  • Psychology
  • Specifications
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Systems Analysis and Design