Dynamic Task Selection in Aviation Training
Ron Salden · DSpace (Open University in the Netherlands) · 2005
Personal and educational classroom use of this paper is allowed. Commercial use requires specific permission from the author. While the aviation domain is exemplary for its complex cognitive skills, the pace of automation steadily increases making it crucial to train people as effectively as possible. Over the last three decades training programs have evolved a strong focus on personalized dynamic whole-tasks. Adapting training to the individual student’s progress is believed to be strongly related to increased training efficiency (Salden, Paas, & van Merriënboer, 2006). Four studies investigated a variety of personalized training methods. Results confirm the hypothesis that personalized instruction can have beneficial effects for the training of complex cognitive skills. Dynamic Task Selection in Aviation Training Technical domains like chemical industry and aviation incorporate a vast amount of complex cognitive skills in high demanding working environments. Mistakes can lead to dangerous situations and high costs, yet the available training time in which the complex job skills have to be mastered, is limited. Efficient training that offers trainees a powerful learning