Job Performance Aids: Research and Technology State-of-the-Art
Abstract
This report describes and compares the various Job Performance Aid techniques and identifies and categorizes factors important to selection, design, cost-performance trade-off, conduct of future research, and implementation of performance aiding technology. More than 100 surveyed JPA systems and techniques are classified under five categories: (1) format/content, (2) display media, (3) applied training, (4) peripheral test/diagnostic, and (5) delivery systems. Major factors are identified as critical to the development of a JPA algorithm, including personnel aptitude and experience, type and complexity of task, type and complexity of equipment, and degree of proceduralization required. A conceptual model is presented for use by the JPA community in cost trade-off analyses, in JPA selection algorithms, and in the grouping of theoretical trends. The report also presents a theoretical base for use of memory in JPA; previews a theory for mixing JPA techniques, principles, and methodologies; and outlines goals for future JPA research and technology efforts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA057562
Entities
People
- Harold R. Booher