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Instruction highlights the ongoing research of military and academic communities--research aimed at developing new approaches in the instruction of complex intellectual processes and skills. Representative work includes learning procedural tasks and learning text comprehension processes in various environments such as computer-managed instructional settings. A variety of technological factors relevant to developing training materials for computerized environments is also presented. In addition, new domains such as learning map interpretation skills are included. This major collaborative effort was supported by the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center in San Diego, California.
Researchers from major military personnel research organizations and universities contributed to this volume. The essays study: student cognitive attributes and performance in a computer-based instructional setting; factors in retention of procedural tasks; experimental investigation of text comprehension in bilinguals; functional context theory; literary and electronics training; problem solving in technical domains; motivation, learning, and prescriptions for change; teaching interpretive skills; training analysis and design for complex aircrew tasks; and implementation of instructional system development in the U.S. Army. This book will be invaluable to educators in the academic and military worlds.
List of contents
Preface
Additional Steps toward a Cognitive Psychology of Instruction by Ronna F. Dillon
Student Cognitive Attributes and Performance in a Computer-Managed Instructional Setting by Pat-Anthony Frederico
Cognitive Factors in Learning and Retention of Procedural Tasks by Paula J. Konoske and John A. Ellis
An Experimental Investigation of Text Comprehension Processes in Bilinguals: Implications for Training by Frederick R. Chang
Functional Context Theory, Literary, and Electronics Training by Thomas G. Sticht and Daniel T. Hickey
Problem Solving in Technical Domains: How Mental Models and Metacognition Affect Performance by Sherrie P. Gott, Susanne P. Lajoie, and Allen Lesgold
Motivation and Learning and Prescriptions for Change by Barbara McDonald
Teaching Interpretive Skills by Michael Flaningam and Daira Paulson
Training Analysis and Design for Complex Aircrew Tasks by Bernell J. Edwards and Joan M. Ryder
Implementation of Instructional System Development in the U.S. Army: Lessons Learned for Research Utilization by Clinton L. Anderson, Harold F. O'Neil, Jr., and Eva L. Baker
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the author
Ronna F. Dillon, James Pellegrino
