ADAPTING TRAINING METHODS TO TRAINEE APTITUDES,

Abstract

The hypothesis that trainees with different aptitudes learn better and faster by different methods was put to the test in an experiment conducted in the AN-P Course, Naval Air Technical Training Center, NAS Jacksonville. For the experiment, the one hundred and sixty-nine trainee entering the school in the first two weeks of July 1957 were taught as completely as possible by the rote memory method. The one hundred and fifty-eight trainees entering in the second two weeks of July were taught by the theory or why method, using reasoning or explanation as an approach to the course materials. The purpose of the experiment was to find out if further analysis of the aptitude tests routinely given before the course might reveal different patterns of aptitudes for success in relation to the two different teaching methods. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1957
Accession Number
AD0711057

Entities

People

  • Harold A. Edgerton

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Education
  • Gamification
  • Materials
  • Psychological Tests
  • Reasoning
  • Schools
  • Teaching Methods
  • Trainees
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design