"Using VTRs to train pilots, maintenance crews, and stewardesses. (Editor)

Twelve ideas to produce technical training faster, make it longer lasting, and more cost effective are examined. They include performance improvement analysis, cause analysis, observing actual performance, concentrating more on the stimuli, considering alternatives to training, stating terminal behaviors for training programs, and using feedback…

A report is given of a feasibility study in which several possible relationships between student, computer terminal, and electronic equipment were considered. The simplest of these configurations was set up and examined in terms of its feasibility for teaching the performance of fault localization on a Navy transceiver. An instructional program…

Instructional videocassettes can provide efficient learning about analytical instrument maintenance and usage for scientists and technicians. Advantages of this approach include low cost to consumers, step-by-step instructions, and quality control of training. The programs currently available from three companies selling gas chromatographs and…

The Foundry Industry Training Committee has encouraged the foundry industry in developing systematic manpower training and development programs at all levels. Features developed include competitions as a technique of standard setting, recommendations for technician training, and a widely used manpower information system. (MW)

An extended replacement of the author's "Techniques of Technical Training," this is a practical guide to classroom methods including grading and assessment of results, and a critical survey of all aids available to teachers. The text deals with the background to training, lesson preparation, lesson presentation, the classroom environment,…

The report describes a project designed to facilitate the transfer and utilization of training technology by developing a model for evaluating training approaches or innovtions in relation to the requirements, resources, and constraints of specific training settings. The model consists of two parallel sets of open-ended questions--one set…

This industrial training handbook covers the following areas: preparatory considerations; training methods and techniques; training for specific functions; and established organizations. Part I examines the extension and re-designing of technical colleges since the 1920's and the present integration of the work of colleges with the needs of…

A survey of 28 military industrial, government, and academic learning centers was conducted. The purposes were to document the state of the art in the establishment and operation of these centers and to determine their potential usefulness in terms of being able to provide individualized, cost-effective instruction in Air Force training programs.…

Designed for the full-time, professional trainer, this manual is intended for use as a resource in conducting a short course for occasional instructors in the fundamentals of training. It is written in a modular format so that users can select those modules, or parts of modules, that meet the specific needs of their target audience. Trainer's…

This book contains an introduction and 10 papers from the International Conference on New Trends of Development and Models of Reform in the Field of Vocational Education and Training in the 21st Century. The following papers are included: "Introduction to the Reports Held on the International Conference"; "The Development and Reform…