Practical Thinking: Review of Cognitive Instruction Programs for Battle Command.

Abstract

ARI developed a program of instruction on thinking reasoning and decision making at the request of the Training and Doctrine Command and the Command and General Staff School. Approaches to cognitive instruction are reviewed in the report. The findings support the adoption of a cognitive skills approach, but the benefits of the previous programs have not always been well established. The 15 programs that were reviewed identify various cognitive and metacognitive skills, attitudes, heuristics and tools that were applicable to a curriculum for Practical Thinking. None of the previous programs were developed for application to specific job domains, and only two included adults in the targeted training audience. The review shows that previous programs have not been applied to specific career or job tracks, including Army leadership positions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA304932

Entities

People

  • Jon J. Fallesen
  • Julia Pounds
  • Sophie Breeskin
  • Terrill Saxon

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cognition
  • Curriculum
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Information Processing
  • Instructions
  • Mental Processes
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Thinking
  • Three Dimensional
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • STEM Education