Development and Evaluation of a Mobile Assessment Tool for the Master Leader Course

Abstract

The U.S. Army established the Master Leader Course (MLC) for promotable Sergeants First Class. Critical to this courses effectiveness is an assessment system that addresses key competencies for performance at the operational level, while simultaneously supporting instructors to meet high assessment standards in a fast-paced context. To achieve this goal, the Army Research Institute (ARI) supported the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA) in the development of a mobile application tool called MLC SPOTLITE to aid the instructors in effective and efficient student assessment. MLC SPOTLITE was designed to capture, maintain, and display ratings for performance attributes identified as key to Master Sergeant/First Sergeant competence. This report describes the development and evaluation of this tool.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1059308

Entities

People

  • Ben Nargi
  • Courtney R. Dean
  • Elizabeth R. Uhl
  • Krista L. Ratwani

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Military Research
  • Mobile Application Software
  • Mobile Devices
  • Operating Systems
  • Social Sciences
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Tablet Computers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.