A Preliminary Evaluation of Transfer of Simulator Training to the Real World.

Abstract

This experiment the first attempt to study the transfer of training from the CAORF Ship Simulator to the real world. First class midshipmen from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy served as test subjects. Half the group had no simulator experience while the other half had participated in a ten-week simulator training program. Both groups were tested on a range of sailing tasks in the New Haven Channel on the academy's training vessel, the T/A KINGS POINTER. The superior performance of the simulator-trained group over the non-trained group, indicates that skills acquired on the CAORF simulator may indeed be transferred to an actual shipboard task. Keywords: COARF(Computer Aided Operations Research Facility); Deck Officer Training; Range Sailing; Shiphandling; Transfer of training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA169755

Entities

People

  • Anita D. D'amico
  • Christine Saxe
  • William C. Miller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Experimental Design
  • Instructions
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Recording Systems
  • Research Facilities
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Merchant Marine Academy

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation