Moderators of Skill Retention Interval-Performance Decrement Relationships: Implications for Skill Maintenance

Abstract

A robust finding in the literature on skill maintenance is that extended skill retention intervals lead to decreased task performance. We investigated three potential moderators of the skill retention interval (SRI) - task performance decrement relationship: (a) degree of initial skill learning, (b) performer aptitude, and (c) degree of task difficulty. Results in eight samples of enlisted U.S. Air Force personnel (total N = 1,544) strongly supported a negative SRI - task performance relationship, but support for moderator effects was mixed. Implications for skill maintenance in actual work settings are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA368456

Entities

People

  • Anthony G. Parisi
  • Charles E. Lance
  • Donald L. Harville
  • Mark Teachout
  • Winston Bennett Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Georgia

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Applied Psychology
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Resources
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Intervals
  • Learning
  • Maintenance
  • Military Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Task Performance And Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Organizational Psychology.