Strategies for Training Reservists with a Hand-Held Tutor
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to (a) assess the effectiveness of the Hand-Held Tutor (HHT) for training fire commands to Reserve Component (RC) units; (b) compare the relative instructional effectiveness of small group and individualized presentation of the HHT materials; and (c) examine the importance of discussion of the instructional materials. Eighty-five soldiers from various RC units in Kentucky participated in the experiment. The experimental design was a 2 X 4 factorial for repeated measures. The factors were two levels of testing (pretest and posttest), which were repeated for all soldiers, and four different training conditions ('GRP,' 'DISC', 'NON-DISC', and 'IND'). The soldiers' mean scores on the performance and confidence measures increased from the pretest to the posttest assessments. The GRP training soldiers took less time to complete the instructional materials and made more correct responses to the embedded pretest items than did the soldiers in the other training conditions. This experiment's findings suggested that the HHT instructional program M1 Degraded Mode Gunnery and Multiple Return Strategies, should be implemented at RC units. Keywords: Computer-based training; Armor training; Gunnery trainers; Training device; Cooperative training; Gunnery training.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA219899
Entities
People
- Theodore M. Shlechter
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences