Evaluation of Four Target-Identification Training Techniques.
Abstract
As part of a research program seeking more efficient methods of training image interpreters in target identification, four alternative experimental instructional techniques were evaluated. Eight recently trained image interpreters used each method (N = 32). Two of the four methods used pictures instead of text, one in a random presentation and the other in a structured sequence of increasing difficulty. The third method used programed text to teach verbal identification cues, and the fourth combined programmed text in the first half and the structured pictorial method in the last half of training. In each method, half the students received feedback of both the correct answer and the reason a wrong answer was wrong, and half received only the correct answer. Students were evenly divided across all conditions by their general technical (GT) aptitude score: high (at or above 124) and low (below 124). Posttests on visual target identification and verbal target cues evaluated the effectiveness of the methods and feedback conditions for each GT level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA061175
Entities
People
- John T. Cockrell
Organizations
- System Development Corporation