Use of analytical information concerning task requirements to increase the effectiveness of skill training

Abstract

How can complex tasks in training be related to student ability in such a way that time is an improved application of theory to practice? 324 university students, divided into 3 groups, were engaged in learning how to stay on a target appearing on a radar picture tube. In this tracking they manipulated aircraft type controls. The experimental group of 60 students was given a usual type of training program, plus "standard instructions derived from the analysis of task requirements." This group showed superiority throughout the course of practice. "… changes in learning occurred… rather than just changes in performance." From Psyc Abstracts 36:05:5LE95P. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)