Armor Procedural Skills: Learning and Retention

Knerr, C. M.; Harris, James H.; O'Brien, Donal; Sticha, Paul J.; Goldberg, Stephen L.

doi:10.21236/ada153227

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“…This research is hampered by the difficulty of obtaining reliable data on unit practice; however, some research shows a positive relationship between unit practice and performance (Knerr et al, 1982).…”

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Application of Simulation and Modeling to Army Training Management

Sticha

Knerr

Goldberg

1984

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting

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Simulation models to aid the training manager may be developed at three levels of increasing generality: task performance models. task training models, and training system models.The more general models encompass more variables, and hence, are more useful to the training manager.The bulk of research in this area has concentrated on task performance models, and within this framework. has studied skill retention.The findings of this research must be integrated with system cost and utility information to produce a training system model.Development of such a model can prOVide an essential set of tools to be incorporated into a decision support system for training management.

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Section: Task Training Modelsmentioning

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Application of Simulation and Modeling to Army Training Management

Sticha

Knerr

Goldberg

1984

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting

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“…Soldiers reach a high level of skill proficiency upon completion of initial entry and advanced individual training. Performance decrement occurs during the period where no practice occurs between transfer from school to an operational unit (Knerr, Harris, O'Brien, Sticha, & Goldberg, 1984). Soldiers must then be retrained once they get to their operational units in order to restore their high level of proficiency but these opportunities are limited.…”

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Assessing memory decay rate

Rowan

2015

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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Threat vehicle identification (TVI) is a key warfighter task that is susceptible to memory decay. This research investigates the best predictors of performance decrement in TVI. Thirty U.S. military officers were randomly assigned to groups that trained on TVI using 10 thermal and 10 visible vehicle images on the U.S. Army's Recognition of Combat Vehicles (ROC-V) program. Groups returned once at 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 days after initial training. Participants also completed a recognition memory test (RMT) for memory assessment. The results indicate that memory does not decay exponentially for the TVI task. However, participants performed significantly worse on thermal images than visible images. The RMT scores and training time were significant performance predictors. The tests in ROC-V were found to not be representative of the real world task. Results of this study could help reduce the risk of fratricide by addressing this gap in TVI training.Military tasks differ in how quickly they are forgotten (Hagman & Rose, 1983). The relevant literature identifies certain factors contribute to decay rate such as time and individual memory ability. The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that predict decay rate skills previously learned by warfighters. Minimizing decay rate for warfighters can increase their performance while decreasing training costs and resource expenditure.

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