Preliminary Evaluation Plan for US Army Computerized Training System.
Abstract
The US Army Computerized Training System (CTS) represents the resultant of a multidisciplinary effort combining the latest advances in minicomputer hardware and software, learning theory and instructional strategies. Accordingly, it is appropriate that an evaluation of such a system itself be highly multifaceted. In this respect, three major evolutionary stages of the CTS are addressed: developmental, operational and projectional. Further, within each of these stages, three major dimensions of effectiveness are considered: technical, cost, and training. Again, by the same token, each of these dimensions will be assayed on three major levels of analysis: microscopic (subsystems evaluation), macroscopic (system evaluation), and telescopic (follow-on evaluation). Likewise, each of these levels will subsume their own manifold perspectives. The end product of the evaluation, however, will not be merely an expanding diffuse analysis of the multiplex aspects of CTS, but a synthesis of the findings toward meaningful operational decisions concerning its overall feasibility and effectiveness. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0777783
Entities
People
- Alexander A. Longo
- Benjamin Whitehouse
- Joseph T. Gaddis