Development of an Improved Method of Task Analysis and Beginnings of a Theory of Training

摘要

The problem was to devise an effective method of task analysis that would fit in with a larger program of training device development. Four major results were obtained: (1) A set of Guidelines for Task Analysis. These Guidelines include: (a) Background material thought to be useful to the task analyst (e.g. 'The Nature of Task Analysis' and 'The Nature of the Task Analyst') (b) An overview of the process of task analysis. (c) Samples of forms to be used in task analysis. (d) Instructions on what information to obtain, how to get it, and where and how to record it. (e) Examples of completed portions of a task analysis. (2) A system of interrelated definitions, constructs, and hypotheses relating task attributes to training requirements. (3) Recommendations for further research to improve Task Analysis and Training Situation Analysis.