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An experimental comparison of “live” and filmed lectures employing mobile training devices

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It may reasonably be assumed on the basis of this study that important savings in money and manpower could be realized, with no loss in training effectiveness, and the possibility of a real gain in training effectiveness, by the application of well-designed films to supplement or replace mobile training devices such as are currently being used in Air Force transitional training programs.

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References

  1. A more detailed description of these and other devices is contained in AFPTRC Research Review No. TR-54-1,The Relative Effectiveness of Training Aids Designed for Use in Mobile Training Detachments, by Robert A. Swanson.

  2. SWANSON, R. A., and AUKES, L. E.Evaluation of Training Devices: B-47 Fuel, Hydraulica, and Rudder Power Control Systems (In press).

  3. In the Swanson and Aukes study six different kinds of training devices were used for three B-47 systems—fuel, hydraulics, and rudder power control. The accompanying lecture was essentially the same within each system, regardless of the particular training device used.

  4. The nonoperating and operating models were mock-ups employing actual component parts of the systems. The charts consisted of two-dimensional drawings of the component parts, showing their interrelation with each other and with the complete system.

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  1. H. H. Shettel
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This article reports an Air Force study which was made to investigate the feasibility of using filmed recordings of familiarization lectures, given to mechanics transitioning to new types of aircraft. The study was conducted as a part of a U. S. Air Force program of research on the utilization of audio-visual media under the direction of A. A. Lumsdaine and S. M. Roshal of the Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center. H. H. Shettel is now with the Perceptual Development Laboratories in St. Louis, and E. J. Faison is now with Needham, Louis and Brorby in Chicago. The opinions and interpretations given by the authors are their own and are not to be construed as representing official views of the Air Force.

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Shettel, H.H., Faison, E.J., Roshal, S.M. et al. An experimental comparison of “live” and filmed lectures employing mobile training devices. ETR&D 4, 216–222 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02717112

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