Transfer of Training Revisited

Abstract

The research note contains a literature review of research on the transfer of training; it is intended for use by educational researchers and psychologists. The note includes information and comments on the relevance of transfer of training to what it labels as Army XXI environments, i.e., environments that might be found in the Army in the future and similar to those in what have been called the digital force and the objective force. The note presents different conceptualizations and measures of the construct of transfer of training, criticism of experimental findings in the area. a listing of the instructional and non-instructional sources of variation in the transfer of training, transfer enhancement through constructivist methods, additional thinking skills research, and the role of technology. Future research directions are suggested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA392933

Entities

People

  • Allison L. Auffrey
  • Angelo Mirabella
  • Guy L. Siebold

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Personnel
  • Cognition
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Educational Psychology
  • Information Processing
  • Instructors
  • Mental Processes
  • National Security
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Thinking
  • Training

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design