ABSTRACT
The goal of research supported by the MURI grant was to predict the effects on performance of different training methods for complex military tasks. A multipronged approach for meeting this goal involved extensive basic experimental research exploring the effects of training variables on performance in laboratory tasks, together with computational modeling of human task performance. The empirical research has been the basis for a set of training principles, which are heuristics that relate training methods and outcomes and can assist in the development of training regimens by the military (see chapter 2). However, the range of variables that can affect training efficacy and the multiplicity and diversity of tasks that may require training prevent an exhaustive quantification of training outcomes for specific tasks and training scenarios. In order to render the study of training effects tractable and to guide future research, a multidimensional taxonomy was developed and is described in this chapter, to provide a framework by which training effects can be assessed and predicted for any task.
