Accession Number:

AD0785029

Title:

Personnel Technology: Using an Inexpensive Computer-Based System to Teach Performance-Oriented Skill.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 27 Mar 72-31 Dec 73,

Corporate Author:

HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH INC GOLETA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Dick,Robert A.
• Royal,Jackson W.
• Simpson,Henry K.
• Mackie,Robert R.

Report Date:

1974-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

170.0

Abstract:

A research program compared computer-based and programmed textbook-based curricula for training students to troubleshoot digital logic circuits. The curricula contained identical theoretical material arranged in identical, logical formats, but the students in the computer-based curriculum received experience in troubleshooting and interacting with simulations of digital logic circuits driven by the computer, while the students in the text-based curriculum used diagrams of digital logic circuits and written explanations in lieu of demonstrations and troubleshooting exercises. The results are discussed. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• *Logic circuits
• *Teaching methods
• *Human factors engineering
• Computer aided instruction
• Textbooks
• Performance(Human)
• Digital systems
• Learning
• Reviews
• Military training
• Costs
• Minicomputers

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE