Development and Transfer of Timesharing Skills.

Abstract

This experiment identifies the contribution of timesharing skills to performance on two qualitatively different task combinations. To examine this contribution, a measurement technique was developed which partitioned improvement in multiple-task performance into a component due to improved single-task skills and a component due to improved timesharing skills. Transfer of timesharing skills between the task combinations also was examined. The results indicated that identifiable timesharing skills developed with practice and contributed significantly to performance on both task combinations. Evidence of transfer of timesharing skills also was found. The implications of the results for training are discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA050255

Entities

People

  • Diane Lynn Damos

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Education
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Measurement
  • Musculoskeletal And Neural Physiology
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Training

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Systems Analysis and Design