Research Summaries

Back Develop, Test, and Evaluate Performance and Training Effectiveness Evaluation Methods: Marksmanship Training as Test Bed Application

Fiscal Year 2009
Division Research & Sponsored Programs
Department Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simuation Institute
Investigator(s) Ciavarelli, Anthony P.
Sponsor Navy Modeling & Simulation Office (Navy)
Summary The Navy and Marine Corps are rapidly developing and fielding advanced VE training systems which purport to enhance, and maybe replace, traditional live training exercises. Questions remain, however, concerning whether or not the goals of enhancing or replacing field training are valid assumptions. The proposed tasking represents a follow on to FY 08 efforts to develop and test methods for assessing human performance and training effectiveness in VE training systems. Research on the use of human performance measurement methods and training system effectiveness evaluation are needed to fill important gaps in our understanding about how best to demonstrate that our current advanced virtual environment training systems are performing as intended - to establish and maintain necessary skills and acceptable proficiency levels of the war fighter. The main objective of this research is to finalize our ongoing efforts to define quantitative and qualitative methods for evaluating the training benefit, and effectiveness of virtual environment trainers and simulators. Marksmanship training, at all levels, basic and advanced, serves as the initial test bed for the development and validation of generalizable measurement and assessment methods. Results of the study will be of use to assist simulation trainers, and acquisition managers regarding the design, use and utility of VE training systems.
Keywords Modeling Simulation Perception Target Acquisition Virtual Environments
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