Effectiveness Evaluation Tools and Methods for Adaptive Training and Education in Support of the US Army Learning Model: Research Outline

Abstract

While human tutoring and mentoring are common teaching tools, current US Army standards for training and education are group instruction and classroom training, also known as one-to-many instruction. Recently, the US Army has placed significant emphasis on self-regulated learning (SRL) methods to augment institutional training where Soldiers will be largely responsible for managing their own learning. In support of the US Army Learning Model and to provide affordable, tailored SRL training and educational capabilities for the US Army, the US Army Research Laboratory is investigating and developing adaptive tools and methods to largely automate the authoring (creation), delivery of instruction, and evaluation of computer-regulated training and education capabilities. A major goal within this research program is to reduce the time and skill required to author, deliver, and evaluate adaptive technologies to make them usable by a larger segment of the training and educational community. This research includes 6 interdependent research vectors: individual learner and unit modeling, instructional management principles, domain modeling, authoring tools and methods, and evaluation tools and methods. This report (one of 6 interdependent research outlines) focuses on effectiveness evaluation research for adaptive training and education with the goal of determining the individual, training, and organizational characteristics that influence the adaptive tutoring process before, during, and after training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA621295

Entities

People

  • Arthur Graesser
  • Deeja Cruz
  • Greg Goodwin
  • Jason Moss
  • Joan H. Johnston
  • Robert Sottilare
  • Scott Ososky

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Systems
  • Adaptive Training
  • Applied Psychology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Education
  • Educational Psychology
  • Information Science
  • Military Research
  • Natural Languages
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Training
  • Training Management

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.