The military environment has always used computer technology, but in an operational fashion and not in an educational sense, until recently. Computer assisted instruction (CAI) is now used in many military schools, computer-controlled simulators are used to train Naval aviators, and computer-controlled generic training devices are replacing operational equipment suites. Numerous studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of CAI and simulators in the academic environment, however, the issues of the effectiveness of computer-driven generic trainers in comparison to actual operational equipment is not nearly as well documented. / The purpose of this study was twofold: First, it compared the training effectiveness of the computer-driven generic training device 10H1, in a postsecondary military setting, with the use of actual operational equipment in teaching apprentice-level Electronic Warfare (EW) operator skills, and then, determined the transitional value of using the 10H1 as a bridge between conceptual skills and actual equipment operation. This was determined by the evaluation of basic equipment operational skills as measured by criterion-referenced performance tests, presented as simulated operational scenarios and given at the completion of formal training. / Data analysis revealed that the training effectiveness of the 10H1 generic trainer was significantly more effective than the actual operating equipment in teaching basic operator skills. Advanced operator training, taught on the actual operational training equipment (OTE) after prerequisite skills were taught on the 10H1, did not, however, show any significant increase over prerequisite skills taught on the actual operational equipment. So, on the one hand, there were significant differences in the use of the generic training device in teaching basic skills, but no difference between it and the traditional method in teaching advanced skills. / Study findings have implications for future research in identifying the most appropriate application of the computer-controlled generic training device 10H1 in the military environment. Recommendations were made for further research. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-02, Section: A, page: 0502. / Thesis (Educat.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75273 |
| Contributors | BRUCE, ROBERT CLAIR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 129 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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