title: Analysis of part-task training using the backward-transfer technique.
abstract: Researchers conducted 2 experiments that used backward transfer to improve the efficiency of part-task training for a desktop flight simulator. In Experiment 1, a part-task group showed positive transfer but did not perform as well as a whole-task group. Backward-transfer analysis indicated that only a subset of the component tasks was critical to the criterion task. In Experiment 2, a part-task training regime that used the critical component tasks was compared with a whole-task regime and a part-task regime composed of noncritical component tasks. Results indicated that the critical part-task regime was as effective as the whole-task regime, validating the utility of the backward-transfer technique.
authors.affiliation: Armstrong Laboratory, US Air Force, USA. bgoettl@colab.brooks.af.mil
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Goettl
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Shute
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001359:Aviation / Q000193:education*; D003071:Cognition; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D011585:Psychology, Applied; D011589:Psychology, Experimental; D013037:Spatial Behavior; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014163:Transfer, Psychology