Many recent models of learning and instruction center learning on real-world tasks and problems to support knowledge application and transfer. Among these models are problem-based learning and task-centered learning, two different approaches to learning that are often mistaken for one another. However, there are important distinctions between…

A discussion of the use of task analysis as a method of determining the need for training. (Author/HB)

How Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) is used with task analysis for Navy training. (HB)

Discusses the contributions of cognitive theory to continued progress in the field of instructional design, and, correspondingly, what designers can do in the coming decade to facilitate the growth and development of the understanding of human cognition. Forty references are appended. (Author/LLS)

Describes electronic performance support systems (EPSSs) that can enhance performance and reduce training times and costs. Provides examples of EPSSs; explains why instructional designers and trainers should be interested in EPSSs; and discusses design considerations, including part task/whole task support, embedded versus linked, and user…

Explains human interactive analysis as an architecture for using computer interactive technologies in the analysis of complex work environments. A project at the Naval Training Systems Center that used video-audio data to develop a multimedia database is described; the analysis and management of data are discussed; and decision processes are…

The instructional model presented describes a system which is now being implemented by the United States Navy, but can be generalized to educational program development in other areas. (Author)

Discusses the development of procedures for data identification and control that minimize the error due to application of systems concepts in performing task analysis of foreign language instruction. (RAO)