Assessing Instrument Sensitivity for Heading and Attitude Information.

Abstract

The three studies, described in this report, concerned the assessment of procedures which influence instrument sensitivity in military flight instruction. The ability to determine the relative location of an in-flight vehicle from a set of dial indicators was influenced more by students' expectations than by context. Sensitivity to heading and attitude information was increased when learners were supplied with overt attention control. The teaching of instrument sensitivity appears best facilitated by employing publically observable responses during training, and seems to be a function of the degree to which the learner can be directed to use a spacial processing mechanism during initial encoding. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA046065

Entities

People

  • Raymond S. Dean
  • Raymond W. Kulhavy
  • Richard F. Schmid

Organizations

  • Arizona State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Educational Psychology
  • Flight Training
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Indicators
  • Instructional Materials
  • Instructions
  • Materials
  • Psychology
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training

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  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.