Effectiveness of Flight Training Devices Used for Instrument Training Final technical rept

摘要

The effectiveness of ground-based flight training devices in teaching flying skills is measured by transfer of training, quantifiable by a transfer effective ratio (TER). The incremental transfer effectiveness ratio (ITER) determines the transfer effectiveness of successive increments of training in the ground trainer. Previous research on a personal computer based aviation training device (PCATD) has shown that this device is effective for teaching instrument tasks (Taylor et al., 1996; 1999). In a later study as predicted by the incremental transfer of training theory of Roscoe (1971)., the greatest transfer of training effect was found for the group that received five hours compared to 10 and 15 hours of prior PCATD training in an airplane (Taylor et al., 2002b). In some cases the results indicate a complex pattern supporting the notion that more training in a PCATD is not necessarily better. The research reported here sought to replicate the previous findings by Taylor et al. (1996, 1999, 2002b) using both PCATDs and flight training devices (FTDs). Participants in this experiment were assigned to four flight training device (FTD) groups, one PCATD group, and a control (airplane) group. Training in the FTD was conducted in Frasca 141, level-1 FTDs.