Incremental Transfer Effectiveness

Abstract

A new method of measuring transfer of learning is presented. A universal relationship is postulated in which the effectiveness of successive increments of training on one task, as measured by the relative incremental savings in learning a second task, is a negatively decelerated function of the time devoted to pretraining or interpolated training on the former task. It is further postulated that the relationship, inferred from aircraft pilot training situations, applies in different forms to all educational experiences, thereby allowing all formal educational programs, in theory, to be evaluated in terms of their incremental cost effectiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0748235

Entities

People

  • Stanley N. Roscoe

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Biological Sciences
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Curriculum
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Illinois
  • Pilots
  • Psychology
  • Scientific Research
  • Students
  • Training
  • Training Devices
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML