Graduate Performance Comparison: Instructional Systems Development-Type Graduates to Traditional Instruction Graduates.

Abstract

This study presents an assessment of the quality of graduates from instructional systems development (ISD)-type courses. Performances of the ISD-type and traditionally instructed (TI) graduates from several courses were compared. Differences and similarities in the TI and ISD-type curricular were determined by comparing course content, attrition rates, average on board and per capita cost to train. The report concludes the following: ISD-type courses produced graduates whose quality of performance was equivalent to the graduates of TI courses; the major difference between ISD-type and TI curricula is that ISD-type incorporates theory with practical instruction rather than as separate units; ISD-type curricula with self-pacing often results in a decrease in AOB; ISD-type conversion did not have a consistent impact on attrition; an impact on per capita cost to train could not be identified. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 14, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043379

Entities

People

  • E. Brown
  • G. A. Adamson
  • R. P. Mack

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Curriculum
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Instructions
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Maintenance
  • Naval Operations
  • Standards
  • Statistical Tests
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • STEM Education