Effects of the Advanced Map Interpretation and Terrain Analysis Course on Contour-Level Navigation Performance
Abstract
For this report, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of the Advanced Map Interpretation and Terrain Analysis Course (MITAC) and compared two strategies of error remediation in computer-based training. Forty one OH-58 student pilots were given an inflight contour-level navigation pretest at the beginning of the Basic Combat Skills (BCS) course. Two experimental groups,with 14 subjects per group, received navigation training with the Advanced MITAC in addition to the standard BCS training. The two groups differed only in the manner in which Advanced MITAC errors were remediated. For one group, errors were followed by a computer presentation of the correct answer and a brief explanation of the navigation strategy that would have produced the correct answer (i.e., computer-remediated). For the other group, errors were followed by a requirement to work the navigation problem again (i.e., self-remediated). A control group of 13 subjects received only the standard BCS training. At the end of the BCS course, a significantly larger proportion of experimental subjects than control subjects performed perfectly on an inflight navigation posttest. Of the experimental subjects who did not perform perfectly, those in the self=remediated group tended to stray slightly farther and to spend more time off course than those in the computer-remediated group. Supplemental training with the Advanced MITAC enhanced inflight navigation performance, and computer- generated error remediation was slightly more beneficial than self-generated error remediation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA212163
Entities
People
- Dudley J. Terrell