Development of a Systematic Methodology for the Application of Judgmental Data to the Assessment of Training Device Concepts

摘要

Due to the increased emphasis on the concurrent development of training subsystems, the increased impetus towards the utilization of training devices, and the rising costs associated with the development of such devices, there is a need for the development of a systematic analytical methodology for the assessment of training device concepts which may be applied early in the development cycle of the materiel system. Such a methodology must permit the integration of the variable judgmental processes of the training developer and available guidance. A model has been described which provides a framework for the application of judgmental data concerning aspects of the training situation which have been hypothesized as having an impact upon the effectiveness of transfer from the training to the operational situation. Judgments are made concerning coverage of required skills, the weighting to be assigned to these skills from the aspects of training criticality and difficulty, and the effectiveness with which the physical and functional characteristics of the training situation follow guidelines of good practice. In order to apply such a methodology as early as possible in the development cycle, a prescriptive mode of utilization, concerned with assisting in the formulation of training device concepts, is provided for.