New Measures of Complex Spatial Processing Abilities: Relating Spatial Abilities to Learning and Performance

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to (1) develop new tests of spatial-visual ability that relate to later learning and performance, (2) relate the new measures to existing measures of cogitative ability, and (3) provide the new measures to the Navy for further investigation as personnel classification tools. The theoretical goal of this research was to improve our understanding of how spatial abilities relate to later learning and performance. We have completed seven experiments that examine the role of individual differences in cognitive ability and how they effect strategic processing of meaningful stimuli and inter-stimuli strategic transfer. Our findings suggest that spatial ability plays a central role in the ability to acquire and transfer optimal strategic processing skills Individuals with medium ability (those most likely to enter the Navy) are most sensitive to the initial training context during the formation of their strategic processing skills.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA413799

Entities

People

  • Stephanie Doane

Organizations

  • Mississippi State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Contrast
  • Educational Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Information Processing
  • Learning
  • Military Personnel
  • Motor Skills
  • Perception
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Sound Waves
  • Training
  • Virtual Reality

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.