An Analytical Model of Learning and Performance of Armor Procedures

Abstract

The rate at which performance improves during training; and the extent to which information is retained during intervals without practice, is a concern of those who plan and manage military training. This report documents the development and features of a model to investigate issues regarding acquisition and retention of complex, military skills. The modeling effort focused on procedural armor tasks. Learning and retention models were developed for eight tasks performed by the driver, gunner, and loader positions in the M60A1 tank. Sequencing control was modeled using the SAINT (System Analysis of Integrated Networks of Tasks) simulation system. Psychological models described acquisition, retention, retrieval and choice of task information. Models were validated by comparing their predictions to two samples of data, one composed of soldiers in training, and one from soldiers in operational armor units.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA138000

Entities

People

  • J. F. Patterson
  • P. J. Sticha
  • T. D. Edwards

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Circuit Testers
  • Computational Science
  • Data Science
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Information Science
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Gages
  • Psychology
  • Random Variables
  • Self Assembly
  • Targets
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Military Science
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.