Application of a Multifactor Approach to Transfer of Training Research.
Abstract
Multifactor transfer of training experiments are expensive to perform because of the large number of subjects required, the extended training they receive, and their subsequent operational testing. More economical data collection techniques are needed to fulfill the mission of the Naval Training Equipment Center's Visual Technology Research Simulator. An experimental effort was undertaken: to establish relationships among training, test, and transfer scores in the context of the manual control of a maneuvering vehicle; to determine the relative complexities of response surfaces for training, test, and transfer; to demonstrate a new transfer research paradigm that makes economically feasible the simultaneous investigation of the effects of a large number of equipment design variables on the transfer to multiple test configurations; and to extract from the simulator characteristics to be estimated with minimum costs. In this initial experiment the following relationships between training and transfer performance were indicated: the transfer surface appeared less complex than the training surface; the relationship between training and transfer scores were positive but too weak for predictive purposes; some factors had large effects in training and small effects in transfer, and vice versa; and transfer was facilitated when the values of certain variables result in training conditions that were more difficult than the subsequent transfer criterion conditions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA108499
Entities
People
- Charles W. Simon
- Stanley N. Roscoe