Development and Evaluation of a Videotape Simulation Performance Test
Abstract
A study was made to determine the feasibility of using videotape as the presentation mode in a simulation performance test of certain tasks in the Army's Carpentry and Masonry MOS. Two sets of procedures -- task selection procedures, and simulation procedures -- were developed which provide detailed guidance to future simulation test developers. A prototype simulation test was developed and validated against general performance ratings and a similar written instrument. The following conclusions were made: (1) application of the procedures enabled the selection of the more appropriate tasks and task elements from a specified field of tasks but required a greater expenditure of human resources than may be typically resident in Army test development activities; (2) the fundamental question of the applicability of audio-visual simulation to test perceptual content was not conclusively answered; and (3) the use of television strictly for testing the perceptual content of lower skill level motor tasks such as those within the Carpentry and Masonry MOS appears somewhat limited; there appears, however, to be a decided favorable attitudinal bias, on the part of the test taken, towards television testing. A companion volume was produced for ARI, 'Guidelines for the Developers of Videotape Simulation Performance tests', P-78-1, which provides detailed guidance for test developers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA057507
Entities
People
- Anthony W. Kendall
- Dan D. Jennings Jr.
- Myron A. Robinson