Validation of a Computer-Based Aviation Secondary Selection System for Student Naval Aviators

1988 ◽  
Vol 32 (14) ◽  
pp. 807-811
Author(s):  
G.D. Gibb ◽  
D.L. Dolgin
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Psychomotor Skills ◽  
Selection System ◽  
Time Sharing ◽  
Training Performance ◽  
Selection Test ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Naval Aviators ◽  
Student Naval Aviators

This report describes the validation of an automated aircrew selection test battery that measures cognitive processes, psychomotor skills, and time-sharing abilities. Results indicate that performance-based test measures can be used to predict flight training performance.

State and Trait Anxiety in Voluntary Withdrawal of Student Naval Aviators from Flight Training

1973 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven F. Bucky ◽  
Charles D. Spielberger
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
The State ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Voluntary Withdrawal ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
Naval Aviators ◽  
Student Naval Aviators ◽  
State Score

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was administered to 316 student naval aviators, 68 of whom dropped out of the flight program within the first 6 mo. of their training. These students who dropped out of the program were significantly more anxious as measured by the STAI A-State and A-Trait scales; the higher the A-State score, the earlier the students dropped.

The Use of a Personal Computer-Based Aviation Training Device in Ab Initio Flight Training

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (20) ◽  
pp. 1374-1377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric A. Vaden ◽  
Ken K. Westerlund ◽  
Jefferson M. Koonce ◽  
William Lewandowski
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Personal Computer ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Training Device ◽  
Training Performance ◽  
Course Work ◽  
Flight Students ◽  
Aviation Training ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Private Certification

A personal computer-based aviation training device (PCATD) was used to train 63 ab initio flight students. Thirty-nine foreign airline trainees and 24 students from the U.S. participated in approximately 10 hours of basic VFR training between the completion of their ground school course work and flight lessons. All PCATD training followed a strict syllabus and was instructor-led. After the completion of their PCATD training, students followed the traditional flight lesson syllabus and training performance was tracked up to private pilot certification. Dual flight hours prior to the first solo flight, landings prior to the first solo flight, dual flight hours between the first solo flight and private certification, and landings between the first solo flight and private certification provided dependent variables for this study. The results suggest that the PCATD training was effective in improving training performance for some students. Those most influenced were students who traditionally require substantially more training prior to solo and private certification than that called for by the syllabus used at the facility where this study was conducted. Results also indicate that, as expected, the PCATD exposure had the greatest impact on training performance prior to solo.

The Basic Attributes Tests (BAT) System: A Preliminary Evaluation of Three Cognitive Subtasks

1986 ◽  
Vol 30 (13) ◽  
pp. 1321-1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Carretta
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Psychomotor Skills ◽  
Training Performance ◽  
Training Costs

In 1955, the U.S Air Force discontinued apparatus-based testing as a component of its aircrew selection and classification system due to administrative problems. Since then, the Air Force has relied on paper and pencil test batteries such as the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test to select pilot and navigator trainees. Unfortunately, the aircrew selection system without apparatus testing failed to produce acceptible attrition rates in light of escalating training costs. As a result, a computer based testing system, the Basic Attributes Tests (BAT) system, was developed to assess psychomotor skills as well as a variety of psychological and cognitive attributes that are believed to be related to flight training performance. This paper evaluated three subtests used to assess cognitive abilities: Perceptual Speed (information input efficiency), Decision Making Speed (low level cognitive and high level sensory-perceptual motor involvement) and Item Recognition (short-term memory storage, search and comparison operations). Each of the subtests was evaluated in terms of its internal consistency and ability to predict flight training performance. An integrated model, based on results from the three cognitive subtests, was evaluated against flight training performance criteria.

Personality and Flight Training Performance

1989 ◽  
Vol 33 (14) ◽  
pp. 891-895
Author(s):  
Ronald N. Shull ◽  
Daniel L. Dolgin
Keyword(s):  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Marine Corps ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Training Performance ◽  
Student Pilots ◽  
Selection Test ◽  
Selection Research

Current naval aircrew selection research typically focuses on psychomotor and cognitive abilities, but evidence from flight training attrition studies suggests that many failures may be due to personality/motivational factors. This study concerns the relationships found between elements of primary flight training performance and the results of two automated personality assessment instruments: a risk test and a pilot personality questionnaire. Both risk test measures correlated significantly with a simple pass/fail index but not with actual flight grades for either student pilots or flight officers. Several of the pilot personality scales correlated significantly with various flight training criteria but many of these were also not orthogonal to measures of the current Navy/Marine Corps aviation selection test battery, while both risk test measures were.

scholarly journals Computer-Based Connected-Text Training of Speech-in-Noise Perception for Cochlear Implant Users

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 233121651984387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Green ◽  
Andrew Faulkner ◽  
Stuart Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Clinical Intervention ◽  
Primary Outcome Measure ◽  
Training Performance ◽  
Sentence Recognition ◽  
Speech In Noise ◽  
Connected Text ◽  
Computer Based

An interactive method for training speech perception in noise was assessed with adult cochlear implant users. The method employed recordings of connected narratives divided into phrases of 4 to 10 words, presented in babble. After each phrase, the listener identified key words from the phrase from among similar sounding foil words. Nine postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant users carried out 12 hr of training over a 4-week period. Training was carried out at home on tablet computers. The primary outcome measure was sentence recognition in babble. Vowel and consonant identification in speech-shaped noise were also assessed, along with digit span in noise, intended as a measure of some important underlying cognitive abilities. Talkers for speech tests were different from those used in training. To control for procedural learning, the test battery was administered repeatedly prior to training. Performance was assessed immediately after training and again after a further 4 weeks during which no training occurred. Sentence recognition in babble improved significantly after training, with an improvement in speech reception threshold of approximately 2 dB, which was maintained at the 4-week follow-up. There was little evidence of improvement in the other measures. It appears that the method has potential as a clinical intervention. However, the underlying sources of improvement and the extent to which benefits generalize to real-world situations remain to be determined.

Evaluation of an Automated Series of Single and Multiple-Psychomotor and Dichotic Listening Tasks

1988 ◽  
Vol 32 (14) ◽  
pp. 812-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn R. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Dichotic Listening ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Flight Training ◽  
Training Performance ◽  
Automatic Scoring ◽  
Current Selection ◽  
Additional Variance

A series of automated psychomotor and dichotic listening tasks, which require little administrative support and provide automatic scoring of performance, has been developed. The automated tasks account for additional variance in predicting Navy flight training performance beyond that of current selection tests.

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