Studying Aptitude-Treatment Interactions: Development of a New Research Paradigm.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to adapt the personnel classification research paradigm to investigate aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI) in training settings. In this report, we present a description of personnel classification theory, method, and research findings, and a review of the training literature. We describe the classification-ATI research design and the Training Characteristics Survey (TCS), both of which were developed in this project. The classification-ATI research design employs a person-treatment matching procedure to measure ATIs. The TCS is an instrument for measuring the variation in training settings due to course content, method of instruction, course difficulty, and occupation type. We believe that the classification-ATI research paradigm will improve ATI research by providing a means for comparing several ATIs within a single study and producing a quantitative index of the practical effects of ATIs on training performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367862

Entities

People

  • Jennifer A. Naughton
  • Mary A. Lightfoot-statman
  • Monica A. Gribben
  • Rodney A. McCloy

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Educational Psychology
  • Employment
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Students
  • Surveys
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Trainees

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Marine Propulsion Engineering and Naval Architecture
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.