Description / Abstract:
Increasing attention is being given to measuring trainee performance
in synthetic training devices,
as evidenced by the recent Air Force, NTDC, and NASA - sponsored
efforts in this area cited in the
biblography. A fair summary of well-informed opinions in this area
would be:
a) Such measurement can be most useful (see par 2).
b) Subjective measures, such as the traditional instructor ratings, do
not meet the current
requirements for reliable, valid, and practical measurement.
c) Synthetic training equipment, especially of the digital variety,
makes feasible the achievement
of needed measures more expeditiously than in operational equipment.
This report intends to acquaint the non-technical reader with the
potentialities and limitations of
measuring trainee performance in synthetic training devices, and
outline the steps needed to
achieve these measures. As an introduction, the report intends to be
limited in depth; for those
desiring to explore the subject in greater depth, publications cited
in the Bibliography should be
consulted. Much of the information cited herein is derived from the
reports listed in the
Bibliography (par. 10): the report by Smode et al. was especially
useful.