Alternating task modules in isochronal distributed training of complex tasks

Human Factors

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 330-346

  Goettl, Barry P ^a,b,d,e   Yadrick, Robert M ^a,d,f   Connolly Gomez, Catherine ^b,g,h   Regian, J Wesley ^a,d,i,j   Shebilske, Wayne L ^c,k  

^a Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^b Lackland Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^g Eval Grp of Galaxy Sci Corp   (United States)

^h SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ AF Off Sci Res Train Res A

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k St Luke's Sinai Samaritan Med C   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA WORD PROBLEM; ALTERNATING TASK MODULES; ISOCHRONAL DISTRIBUTED TRAINING; SPACE FORTRESS; VIDEO GAME LIKE TASKS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; JOB ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL TESTING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SCHEDULING; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTIVATION; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0030175006     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872096779048048     Document Type: Article

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