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Performance Proficiency as a Measure of Learning Needs
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Robbins, Paul – Performance Improvement, 2009
Level 2 evaluation often advocates that pretest and posttest measures be collected to assess learning gains. In many military organizations, learning per se is less relevant than whether graduates can proficiently perform the job tasks for which they were hired. The critical end is performance proficiency. Incorporating methods for measuring…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Armed Forces, Pretests Posttests, Military Personnel
Review of an Instructor Computation Model for Navy Learning Centers and a Navy Instructor Workweek Analysis for Facilitated Self-Paced Instruction
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Huff, Monica; Dotson, Edward G. – Performance Improvement, 2008
The purpose of the performance study was to review a proposed U.S. Navy Learning Center instructor computation (ICOMP) model for calculating the number of instructors required for teaching courses at Navy training sites. Based on recommendations from the initial analysis, a workweek breakdown was conducted for facilitated self-paced instructors.…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Computation, Armed Forces, Mathematical Models
Preparing U.S. Coast Guard Junior Enlisted Members to Become Petty Officers at a Petaluma Training Center
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Lincoln, Stefanie – Performance Improvement, 2009
This 2008 Award of Excellence study describes how the Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma, California, used human performance technology principles to identify and improve performance problems among a student population of young enlisted members. The solution system centered around the creation of a program that set expectations and standards…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Performance Technology, Armed Forces, Military Personnel
Enhancing Military Training through the Application of Maximum and Typical Performance Measurement Principles
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Mangos, Phillip M.; Arnold, Richard D. – Performance Improvement, 2008
The study examined in this article casts the challenge of enhancing military training effectiveness as one of reducing the discrepancy between maximum and typical performance. Our principal assertion is that performance measurement focused on this discrepancy can enhance performance improvement initiatives because it gives the foundation for…
Descriptors: Military Training, Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Military Personnel
Improving Student Naval Aviator Aircraft Carrier Landing Performance
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Sheppard, Thomas H.; Foster, T. Chris – Performance Improvement, 2008
This article discusses the use of human performance technology (HPT) to improve qualification rates for learning to land onboard aircraft carriers. This project started as a request for a business case analysis and evolved into a full-fledged performance improvement project, from mission analysis through evaluation. The result was a significant…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Skill Development, Performance Technology, Performance Based Assessment
Toward a Naval Aviation Training Quality Feedback System
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Phillips, Henry L., IV; Foster, T. Chris – Performance Improvement, 2008
Naval aviation needs a unified standard for job-task analyses and data collection. Such a standard would facilitate consolidation of data across aviation platforms and permit evaluation of training content across phases of the training continuum. It would also make possible the construction of a training transfer evaluation system. The Navy cannot…
Descriptors: Job Training, Armed Forces, Aviation Education, Job Skills