Spatial Navigation Transfer Evaluation Toolkit

Abstract

The training transfer study focused on a group of student navigators at HS-l0 (San Diego, California) preparing for their first operational rotary wing tactical overland flight, aimed at developing and utilizing terrain association skills. In order to assess the training transfer effectiveness of the VEHELO, a set of outcome and process metrics for a spatial terrain association task was specified. As VS training effectiveness has been found to be dependent on individual difference variables such as spatial ability (Waller, 1999), several additional standardized metrics were utilized to assess process measures, including spatial ability (Ekstrom, French, & Harman, 1976), navigation skill (Hegarty, Richardson, Montello, Lovelace, & Subbiah, 2002) , workload (Hart & Staveland, 1988) , self-efficacy (Scott, 2000) and simulator sickness (Kennedy, Lane, Serbaum, & Lilienthal, 1993). To assess terrain association skill, a test was developed in which participants were asked to correlate out- the-window views with topographical maps and vice versa.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 20, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422698

Entities

People

  • Kay M. Stanney
  • Kelly Hale
  • Laura Milham

Organizations

  • Design Interactive (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Best Practices
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Flight Paths
  • Liquid Crystal Displays
  • Navigation
  • Navigators
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Recognition
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Students
  • Training
  • Workload

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Military History
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.