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Above-real-time training (ARTT) improves transfer to a simulated flight control task
D C Donderi1, Keith K Niall, Karyn Fish
1Human Factors North, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. dcdonderi@sympatico.ca
Objective:
The aim of this study was to measure the effects of above-real-time-training (ARTT) speed and screen resolution on a simulated flight control task.
Background:
ARTT has been shown to improve transfer to the criterion task in some military simulation experiments. We tested training speed and screen resolution in a project, sponsored by Defence Research and Development Canada, to develop components for prototype air mission simulators.
Method:
For this study, 54 participants used a single-screen PC-based flight simulation program to learn to chase and catch an F-18A fighter jet with another F-18A while controlling the chase aircraft with a throttle and side-stick controller. Screen resolution was varied between participants, and training speed was varied factorially across two sessions within participants. Pretest and posttest trials were at high resolution and criterion (900 knots) speed.
Results:
Posttest performance was best with high screen resolution training and when one ARTT training session was followed by a session of criterion speed training.
Conclusion:
ARTT followed by criterion training improves performance on a visual-motor coordination task. We think that ARTT influences known facilitators of transfer, including similarity to the criterion task and contextual interference.
Application:
Use high-screen resolution, start with ARTT, and finish with criterion speed training when preparing a mission simulation.
