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Improving Learning Persistence of Military Personnel by Enhancing Motivation in a Technical Training Program.

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Whitehill, Betty V.; McDonald, Barbara A. – Simulation & Gaming, 1993

Describes a study that investigated the effect of motivational variables on task persistence and performance in Navy technical training by giving students problems in a self-paced computer simulation game or drill with variable or fixed payoff points. Student responses to an evaluation questionnaire are discussed. (14 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Simulation