PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON NAVIGATOR TRAINING.

Abstract

Contents: Outline of psychological research activities in navigation; Job description of the navigator; The navigator selection battery and the navigator stanine; The establishment of psychological research project (Nav); Research related to the development of objective ground measures of navigation skill; Research related to development of aerial measures of navigation skill; Research relating to graduation policy, grading systems, and instruction; Determination of the course of learning precision dead reckoning ground plot navigation; The component factors involved in dead reckoning navigation and their relative importance; The experimental evaluation of training aids as illustrated by a study of the G-2 (dead reckoning) trainer; Navigation instructor selection research; The combat experiences and post-combat adjustment of navigators.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1947
Accession Number
AD0651786

Entities

People

  • Launor F. Carter

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dead Reckoning
  • Education
  • Guidance
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Learning
  • Navigation
  • Navigators
  • Precision
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Training Devices

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.